light blue in model B); and one with a diamond-shaped keystone (the Gothic arch, model C). Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch.

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On September 19, a 20 ton replica of the lost Arch of Palmyra will come to NYC, a recreation of the triumphant Roman arch in Syria destroyed by ISIS in 2015.

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