NOVA

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery

Follow engineers as they build a massive 8-ton model of the building's core structure, place it on a motorized shake table, and hit it with a series of simulated quakes, pushing it collapse—a fate that the team is determined to avoid with the real building.

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Mystery Preview

30s

How has this unique structure, built on a seismic fault, survived centuries of quakes? Airing February 25, 2015 at 9 pm on PBS

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