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    The Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct (Greek: Ευπαλίνιον όρυγμα, romanized: Efpalinion orygma) is a tunnel of 1,036 m (3,399 ft) length running...
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    Eupalinos (Ancient Greek: Εὐπαλῖνος) or Eupalinus of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Island in the 6th...
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    in the form of a tunnel 1,036 metres (3,399 ft) long which can still be seen and which is known as the Tunnel of Eupalinos. The tunnel was constructed...
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    List of caves Qanat Siloam inscription Tunnel of Eupalinos, 6th century BC tunnel on Samos, Greece Turpan water system Warren's Shaft Hezekiah's Tunnel Wading...
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    8th century BC. Another tunnel excavated from both ends, maybe the second known, is the Tunnel of Eupalinos. This is a tunnel aqueduct 1,036 m (3,399 ft)...
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    metres long and it transported water to thousands of people. It is an exact replica of the Tunnel of Eupalinos in Greece that also transported water. Various...
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    Roman monuments and a famous ancient tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct. Along with the Heraion of Samos, the Pythagoreion was registered...
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    globe. Eupalinos of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos in the 6th century BC, an important feat of both civil...
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    powerful flood waters at bay. On the island of Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos was built during the reign of Polycrates (538–522 BC). It is considered an...
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    Tunnel of Eupalinos: a 1086-meter-long tunnel through Mount Kastro, which formed part of an ancient aqueduct. It is located about 2 km northwest of Pythagorio...
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    Megara (category Municipalities of Attica)
    BC), founder of Byzantium Theognis (6th century BC), elegiac poet Eupalinos (6th century BC), engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Theagenes...
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  • as the Pharos and devised central heating systems. The Tunnel of Eupalinos is the earliest tunnel which has been excavated with a scientific approach from...
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    BC geometric based techniques were used to construct the tunnel of Eupalinos on the island of Samos.[citation needed] Modern technology advanced surveying's...
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    construction by Eupalinos, under a public contract, of a watering channel for Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos. An early example of the usage of hydraulic wheel...
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    construction of the Eupalinos aqueduct tunnel in Ancient Greece. This was the first tunnel to be constructed inward from both ends using principles of geometry...
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    Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern...
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  • BC – Tunnel of Eupalinos first underground aqueduct 500 BC – The moldboard iron plough is invented in China 500 BC – Row cultivation of crops using intensive...
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  • Roman era describes the Roman conquest of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited...
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    the French School of Athens. While exploring Samos, he identified the spring that feeds the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the beginnings of the channel. His...
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    located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance...
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  • Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερός Λόχος, Hierós Lókhos) was a troop of select soldiers. According to some ancient Greek claims, 150 pairs of male lovers...
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    the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically...
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    Paideia (category Culture of ancient Greece)
    paedeia; Greek: παιδεία) referred to the rearing and education of the ideal member of the ancient Greek polis or state. These educational ideals later...
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    The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic...
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    The Greek Dark Ages was the period of Greek history, (c. 1050-800 BC), currently known as Prehistoric Iron Age or Early Iron Age, which included all the...
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    highly formalised characteristics, both of structure and decoration. This is particularly so in the case of temples where each building appears to have...
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    Qanat (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    the villages of Wadi Shees and Masafi. The Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos runs for 1 kilometre through a hill to supply water to the town of Pythagorion...
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    Minoan palaces (category History of Crete)
    built on Crete during the Bronze Age. They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist destinations. Archaeologists...
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    Minoan civilization (category History of Crete)
    island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan...
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    antiquity, before the development of the common Koine Greek of the Hellenistic period, was divided into several varieties. Most of these varieties are known only...
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