tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110190120819789081.post7944689359581876157..comments2023-05-24T08:18:43.774-07:00Comments on Reaching out to a lost church: Bronze Age Folk are a little more advanced than we might have thoughtverandoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842782295553627712noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110190120819789081.post-10134503411764283642008-08-23T09:55:00.000-07:002008-08-23T09:55:00.000-07:00I don't think that anyone ever suggested that the ...I don't think that anyone ever suggested that the ancient Greeks were backwards. Their philosophical insights alone have stood the test of the millennia.<BR/><BR/>It is common knowledge that a Greek, Eratosthenes (b. 276BCE), who spent some years as chief librarian of the library at Alexandria, calculated the circumference of the Earth to within 2% to 15% of the actual circumference.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649411138805555250noreply@blogger.com