Tag: Ecosystem engineers
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The First Engineers Weren’t Human
Human beings have been engineering for a long time. Imhotep, who built the Step Pyramid at Ṣaqqārah, Egypt, around 2550 BCE, is considered one of the first engineers of humankind. In Rome, around the 1st century CE, Vitruvius’s De architectura, a 10-volume work, was published covering extensive engineering knowledge, including building materials, construction methods, hydraulics,