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in Jerusalem, completed around 700 BC. However, numerous false starts in wrong directions, which took the tunnel 1,500 feet (460 m) to cover a distance of 1,000 feet (300 m), indicate that the work was done without a methodical approach (Burns 173). Rather, the workers followed probably an
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The Tunnel, presumably completed between 550 and 530 BC, was 1,036 meters (3,399 ft) long. It was the longest one of its time and it still exists. Water was brought to the city, passing through limestone at the base of a hill. The construction was an undertaking for the tyrant
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and it is regarded as a major feat of ancient engineering. It is the second known tunnel in history which was excavated from both ends and the first with a methodical approach in doing so.
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Olson, Åke (2012). "How Eupalinos navigated his way through the mountain: An empirical approach to the geometry of Eupalinos".
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in history whose name has been passed down. Apart from that, though, nothing more is known about him.
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I have dwelt rather long on the history of the Samians because theirs are the three greatest works (
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Burns, Alfred (1971). "The Tunnel of Eupalinus and the Tunnel Problem of Hero of Alexandria".
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Goodfield, June; Toulmin, Stephen (1965). "How Was the Tunnel of Eupalinus Aligned?".
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Evans, Harry B. (1999). "Die Wasserleitung des Eupalinos auf Samos (Review)".
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The oldest known tunnel which was dug by two teams from opposite ends was
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Megara : the political history of a Greek city-state to 336 B.C
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Van der Waerden, B. L. (1968). "Eupalinos and His Tunnel".
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The Eupalinian aqueduct by the Greek Ministry of Culture
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Goodfield, June (June 1964). "The Tunnel of Eupalinus".
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Tunnel of Eupalinos

Ancient Greek
Megara
ancient Greek
engineer
Tunnel of Eupalinos
Samos Island
Polycrates of Samos
Herodotus
Histories
hydraulic engineer
road tunnel
Geraneia
Corinthia
expressway
Athens
Corinth
Ancient Greek units of measurement
Siloam tunnel
doi
10.3406/anata.2012.1323
Apostol, Tom
"The Tunnel of Samos"
doi
10.1086/350729
S2CID
145064628
doi

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