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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:09, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Malan Bridge

Malan Bridge in 2019
Malan Bridge in 2019
  • ... that according to legend, Malan Bridge (pictured) was built by two mythical princesses that mixed egg shells with clay to create a bridge stronger than steel? Source: "According to the legend reported by the contemporary historian Abui Sacid, the bridge was built in A.D. 900 by the mythical princess Bibi Nilr with a mortar made out of eggs" JSTOR journal BBC Persian "A popular legend attributes the bridge to Bibi Nur and her sister Bibi Hur who, it is said, devoted much time, effort and money in collecting egg shells to mix with the clay from which the bridge was built." A historical guide to Afghanistan
  • Comment: 5th nomination, QPQ not needed. File:PoleMalanHerat.jpg is another possible image, however I felt like the other one is better.

Moved to mainspace by Danre98 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:39, 24 August 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and sourced. Assuming good faith on Persian and paywalled sources. No copyvio detected and qpq not needed. Photo meets all requirements (free, clear, in article). I'm not so sure about ALT1 because it's a ship of Theseus kinda deal where a Malan Bridge was built there in Medieval times, but it's been rebuilt more than once since then. Technically true that Malan Bridge is that old, but I think ALT0 is less controversial. BuySomeApples (talk) 22:07, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

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