The Notre Dame Fire and the Future of History
Publisher |
WIRED
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Technology
Publication Date |
Apr 17, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:05:30
Some of the wood that burned in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on Monday was put in place in the year 1160. The beams and exterior of the roof over the nave, the long main section of the building, date from between 1220 and 1240. Nearly a millennium ago it was forest; today, after a catastrophe that cuts to the heart of French culture and human history, it’s ash.

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