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Remains of Gondar, Ethiopia (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

The cruel and inexorable passage of time, and civil war. Also probably the classic human tradition of scavenging from old buildings for material during periods of intense construction.