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February 5, 2012 11:41 pm at 11:41 pm #849622
Raphael Kaufman
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Circa 200 B.C.E.) not only proved that the Earth was round, but correctly calculated the circumference (about 24,000 miles). You can Google him to see how he did it. Chazal certainly new that the Earth was round.