The Ancient Engineers

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The Ancient Engineers is a 1963 science book by L. Sprague de Camp, one of his most popular works. It was first published by Doubleday and has been reprinted numerous times by other publishers. Translations into German and Polish have also appeared. Portions of the work had previously appeared as articles in the magazines Fate, Isis and Science Digest.

The work is an examination of engineering through the ages from 3000 BC to 1519 AD, from the monumental works of the Egyptians through the speculative inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. The technological legacies of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, China, the medieval Arabs and Europeans, and Renaissance Europe are all covered in separate sections, focusing particularly on architectural, military and civil engineering.

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