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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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    Siloam inscription Tunnel of Eupalinos, 6th century BC tunnel on Samos, Greece Turpan water system Warren's Shaft Hezekiah's Tunnel Wading through the...
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    ancient Greek engineer Eupalinos of Megara under a contract with the local community. Eupalinos organised the work so that the tunnel was begun from both...
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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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    that kept 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...
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    reign, two working groups under the leadership of the engineer Eupalinos dug a tunnel through Mount Kastro to build an aqueduct to supply the ancient...
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    Ιστορικού Τοπόσημου Τεχνολογίας Πολιτικού Μηχανικού" [Designation of Tunnel of Eupalinos as a Historical Civil Engineering Landmark]. National Technical University...
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    engineering project was the construction of the Eupalinos aqueduct tunnel in Ancient Greece. This was the first tunnel to be constructed inward from both ends...
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    While exploring Samos, he identified the spring that feeds the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the beginnings of the channel. His doctoral thesis of 1856 dealt...
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    older Tunnel of Eupalinos on the isle of Samos, the first tunnel in history to be excavated from two ends with a methodical approach. The Albano Tunnel, also...
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    settlements, including the villages of Wadi Shees and Masafi. The Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos runs for 1 kilometre through a hill to supply water to Pythagorion...
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  • town, and suggests that this new government was responsible for the Tunnel of Eupalinos, which was designed by a Megarian. It is not clear how long this...
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    Φλυεύς, romanized: Eurīpídēs Mnēsarchídou Phlyeús, pronounced [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs]. The epithet "the most tragic of poets" was mastered[clarification needed]...
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    example is a construction by Eupalinos, under a public contract, of a watering channel for Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos. An early example of the usage...
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  • Rome's Cloaca Maxima is constructed by lining a river bed with stone. Tunnel of Eupalinos is constructed in Samos. 4th century BC – Mencius describes how to...
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    Wilkinson, R. D. (1982). "A Fresh Look at the Ionic Building at Garni". Revue des Études Arméniennes (XVI): 221–244. Nersessian, Vrej (2001). Treasures from...
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    advanced architectural engineering, including the building of the Tunnel of Eupalinos, and for its riotous festival culture. It was a major center of trade...
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    of Samos' three marvels of engineering, the other two being the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the harbor works of the island capital. Hera being equated with...
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    than a paradigm of decline and fall." Bernhardt, Rainer (1977). "Der Status des 146 v. Chr. unterworfenen Teils Griechenlands bis zur Einrichtung der Provinz...
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    römischen Kaiserzeit abschließend gestaltete, enthielt, neben Elementen des Orients, die griechische Wissenschaft und Philosophie, Dichtung, Geschichtsschreibung...
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    Italy was not made until much later. Winckelmann's Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums of 1764 first refuted the Etruscan origin of what we now know...
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    Athenian Treasury Lion Gate Long Walls Philippeion Theatre of Dionysus Tunnel of Eupalinos Temples Aphaea Artemis Athena Nike Erechtheion Hephaestus Hera, Olympia...
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    déchiffrement du Disque de Phaistos est-il possible par des méthodes statistiques ?" Revue des Études Anciennes, volume 77, issues 1-4, pages 9-19. doi:10...
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    Ergebnisse für unser Geschichtsbild. Bd. I. Die Vormykenischen Perioden des Griechischen Festlandes und der Kykladen (in German). Vienna: Verlag der...
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    historical population is given in the following chart: The Gardens of Villa Eupalinos and the Roman villa at Prieuré are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national...
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  • Trophonius Tros Tryphon (grammarian) Tübingen Hoplitodromos Runner Tunnel of Eupalinos Twelve Olympians Two-handled amphora (Boston 63.1515) Tyche Tychon...
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    Oxford University Press. p. 98. Conrad M. Stibbe, Lakonische Vasenmaler des sechtsen Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Number 191 (1972), pl. 58. Cf. Maria Pipili...
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  • les territoires des Parthines et des Atintanes, entrèrent sous la protection des Romains." p. 45: "Vraisemblablement sous le nom des Atintanes, mentionné...
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