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1
SURVEYING FROM
EGYPT TO GREECE
3000 B.C. TO 100 A.D. Pompeii 79 A.D.
Palermo
Stone
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3
THE
RHIND
PAPYRUS
2848**32
1424**16
712 8
356**4
178 2
89 1
THALES
OF MILETUS
PYTHAGORAS
OF SAMOS
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The
Tunnel of
Eupalinos
– 540 B.C.
TheThe
MiletusMiletus
OfOf
HippodamusHippodamus
NAPLES
KAHUN
AMARNA
MEDINA RR
OO
MM
EE
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DemocritusDemocritus
SocratesSocrates
PlatoPlato
AristotleAristotle
Alexander the GreatAlexander the GreatEUCLIDEUCLID
ARCHIMEDESARCHIMEDES
ApolloniusApollonius
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EratosthenesEratosthenes
HipparcHipparc
hushus
PtolemyPtolemy
HEROHERO
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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.