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Ancient Greek Technology and its marvelous works


While the contribution of the ancient Greeks in the fields of rational thought, science, and fine arts remains unique, the history of ancient Greek technology is still quite unknown. A thorough study of the ancient Greek, Latin, and Arabic literature, the angiographic information, and the few releva

A thorough study of the ancient Greek, Latin, and Arabic literature, the angiographic information, and the few relevant archeological finds point to a world full of technological achievements that we might still be envious of today. The most eminent scientist of ancient Greece, when not making colossal discoveries in the fields of mathematics, geometry, physics, astronomy, engineering, hydraulics, architecture and shipbuilding, he made inventions of timeless value. The GPS of the ancient Greeks was an excellent astronomical instrument, which was used to measure the longitude and latitude of the observed stars from any point on the earth, and also to determine the distance between the sun and the moon.

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