Shadow Timekeeper
The ancient Greeks are said to have used shadows to measure time, the length of a person's shadow, varying at different times of day, giving a rough indication as to the time
Picture No
10052548
Media ID
47216373
Size
4573px x 2607px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series Measurement of Time' (1924)
Date
BC
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