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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD VOLUME I.

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Emerald Publishing Limited

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907

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978-0-7277-5090-7

Publication date:

2011

The Engineering a Great Historian.
Stonehenge.
The Stones of Carnac.
The Carnac “Lines.”
Egyptian Colossi.
A Veritable Monster
The Great Pyramid of Egypt.
The Great Stones of Baalbec.
How did the Ancients move Great Weights?
A Suggestion.
Herodotus on the Building of the Pyramids.
Was an Inclined Plane used?
Useful Engineering Feats.
Roman Sewers.
Roman Aqueducts.
Facts about the Aqueducts.
Astonishing Figures.
Roman Hydraulic Science.
Roman Roads.
A Jewish Tunnel.
Great Roman Tunnels.
The Tools of the Ancients.
A Roman Metal Screw.
Conclusion.

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