SURVEYING FROM EGYPT TO GREECE 3000 B. C. TO 100 A.D ...€¦ · EGYPT TO GREECE 3000 B. C. TO 100 A.D. Pompeii 79 A.D. Palermo Stone. 2. 3 THE RHIND PAPYRUS *32 2848* *16 1424* 8

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SURVEYING FROM

EGYPT TO GREECE

3000 B.C. TO 100 A.D. Pompeii 79 A.D.

Palermo

Stone

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THE

RHIND

PAPYRUS

2848**32

1424**16

712 8

356**4

178 2

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THALES

OF MILETUS

PYTHAGORAS

OF SAMOS

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Eupalinos

– 540 B.C.

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HippodamusHippodamus

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DemocritusDemocritus

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PlatoPlato

AristotleAristotle

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ApolloniusApollonius

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EratosthenesEratosthenes

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HERODOTUSHERODOTUS

Only those skilled in Geometria may enter

DEDICATION

I dedicate this presentation to the people of Greece in the year that the Olympics returns to its home and to your legendary surveyors

who contributed so much to your great civilisation.