Multi-storey Ethiopian palace

[Duncan Head]

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/2800-year-old-ethiopian-palace-strong-walls/

"Had walls strong enough to support 16 floors", though how many it actually had remains unclear.

[Imperial Dave]

Room to park a few chariots

[Erpingham]

Room to park a few chariots

I don't think they are thinking multi-storey chariot park.

[Imperial Dave]

If you build it they will come...

[Jim Webster]

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/2800-year-old-ethiopian-palace-strong-walls/

"Had walls strong enough to support 16 floors", though how many it actually had remains unclear.

It is intriguing. Strikes me as 'seat of the pants' engineering rather than too much faith in calculations is what guided the builders 

[Keraunos]

Room to park a few chariots

I don't think they are thinking multi-storey chariot park.

There used to be multi-storey stables next to King's Cross, to support all the drays needed to transport goods delivered into London by the new railways.

[Imperial Dave]

I knew it!!! 

[Jim Webster]

I knew it!!! 

All they need to look for now is the Ethiopian railway 

[stevenneate]

The Sphinx was the locomotive's boiler and left where it was after the Beeching Report. With the King's Highway completed, railways were a thing of the past.

[Imperial Dave]

Very short sighted...

[DBS]

There used to be multi-storey stables next to King's Cross, to support all the drays needed to transport goods delivered into London by the new railways.

The Household Cavalry stables at Hyde Park Barracks are still two storeys; cannot have the RHG/D and LG nags socialising off-duty... one lot live upstairs, the others below them.

I also agree with Jim re: architectural strength being not so much deep scientific consideration, more just empirical experience and when-in-doubt-double-it. So I am sceptical about guesses as to how many storeys just from wall thickness.  Several, yes.  Lots?  Hmmm....  Just ask the Egyptians how many of their early pyramids collapsed before they cracked the design. (Pun unintended!)