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motohagiography
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A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikyt...
Forgive the naive question, but does this mean these ancient Greeks knew the world was round thousands of years ago?
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Eratosthenes even measured earth's circumference with astonishing accuracy. They knew more than we think they knew...
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Yes;
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/ancient-gre...
dan-robertson
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The Greeks deduced that lunar eclipses were caused by the earth’s shadow and, from the consistent roundness of the shadow, that it was a globe.
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