Video .. The summer solstice caused the discovery that the earth is round

2020-06-13 2020-06-13T08:00:37Z

Weather of Arabia - The following video explains how Eratosthenes ( a Greek scientist who lived in Egypt) knew that the Earth was spherical 2,200 years ago ( third century BC), using simple methods such as shadows, sticks and logic.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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