A friend observes that the Box-on-the-Euphrates may have been modeled to appear, at first glance, like a ruined Byzantine fortress.
The other three images are of a Byzantine fortress in Zippori (Sepphoris) National Park, Israel.
Same friend sends along some SketchUp models and Google Earth overlays, including:
- The BOE with the supporting structure for the curtain wall.
- The BOE having taken the hit.
- Externals including the pumphouse and some other external items of interest.
Overlays show the BOW after destruction, including the exposure, the crane, the backfill. and the foundation of the new building
Have fun.
Update: New files of the BOE with the supporting structure for the curtain wall. the “pumphouse:https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/file_download/127/Pumphouse2.kmz and the obscurring berm