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Human creation

Everything the DE gathers was first imagined, built and passed on by women and men. Here are a few milestones of this story, from the pyramids to the supercomputer.

The three great pyramids of Giza in the desert — c. 2600 BC The pyramids of Giza, Egypt Millions of blocks cut, lifted and assembled by human hands. Photo: Ricardo Liberato · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Rembrandt painting: Moses raising the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments — Exodus · painted in 1659 The stone tablets of Moses According to the Bible, the Ten Commandments were engraved in stone: one of the oldest texts ever handed down (painting by Rembrandt). Rembrandt · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Large Assyrian statue of a human-headed winged bull — c. 710 BC The winged bull of Khorsabad, Assyria A lamassu, guardian of King Sargon II's palace: sculpture serving a civilization. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Columns of Hebrew writing on ancient parchment — c. 125 BC The Great Isaiah Scroll, Dead Sea A book of the Bible copied by hand on parchment, found intact at Qumran in 1947 (here chapter 53). Ardon Bar Hama · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Wooden replica of Gutenberg's printing press — c. 1450 Gutenberg's printing press Knowledge multiplies: books become available to many more people (replica). International Printing Museum · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Leonardo da Vinci drawing: a man inscribed in a circle and a square — c. 1490 Vitruvian Man, Leonardo da Vinci Observing, measuring, drawing: art and science joined in a single stroke of the pen. Leonardo da Vinci · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Printed page of the Gospel of John, Tyndale New Testament, 1526 — 1526 William Tyndale's New Testament The first printed English translation from the Greek: Tyndale paid with his life for making the Bible readable by everyone (Gospel of John). William Tyndale / Peter Schöffer · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Engraved frontispiece of the Encyclopédie — 1772 Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie Gathering all the knowledge of its time in a single work: the ancestor of the DE. Benoît-Louis Prévost / Charles-Nicolas Cochin · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

The Cour Carrée of the Louvre palace — 16th – 19th century The Louvre palace, Paris Centuries of masterpieces gathered and preserved for humanity. Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Columned facade of the British Museum — 1753 The British Museum, London The memory of civilizations from all over the world, open to everyone. Photo: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Floor plan of a villa drawn in 1913 — 1913 An architect's plan Every building begins on paper, in the mind of a designer (villa in Saint-Cloud). Unknown artist · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

The Eiffel Tower in spring — 1889 The Eiffel Tower, Paris The daring of engineers: 18,000 iron parts assembled in two years. Photo: Jorge Royan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Photograph of the Wright brothers' first flight — 17 December 1903 The Wright brothers' first flight For the first time, a man flies aboard a powered airplane. John T. Daniels · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

A vintage Ford Model T — 1908 – 1927 The Ford Model T The mass-produced car, within reach of ordinary families. Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Concert grand piano — since 1700 The piano Three centuries of instrument making, from the craftsman's hand to the artist's. Photo: Ma_Ti_EU from Berlin, Germany · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Classical guitar seen from the front and back — 19th century The guitar Wood, strings and know-how passed down from generation to generation. Photo: Martin Möller · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · via Wikimedia Commons

Ray Charles singing at the piano on stage, in black and white — September 1971 Ray Charles in concert The human voice, source of all music: once recorded, it travels through time. Photo: Heinrich Klaffs · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

A sound engineer at the mixing console — today The recording studio Capturing, mixing, passing on: yesterday's music becomes today's digital memory. Photo: VACANT FEVER · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

A chef's hands plating dishes — today A chef at work Cooking, an art and a know-how passed from master to apprentice. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Hyung Ju Lee · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Electric car plugged into a charging station — today The electric car A century after the Model T, the car reinvents itself. Photo: Zalasem1 · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Airbus A380 taking off — 2005 The Airbus A380 A hundred years after the Wright brothers, more than 500 passengers in the air. Photo: Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Grey bound Bible: New World Translation, 2013 edition — 1961 – 2013 The New World Translation Translated into more than 200 languages, in whole or in part, it can also be read in digital form, on computer and phone (here the 2013 English edition). Photo: Russellin teekannu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Rows of cabinets of the Summit supercomputer — 2018 The Summit supercomputer The digital memory of human knowledge: the DE. Photo: Carlos Jones/ORNL · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

AI is us

What we call AI invented none of this. It keeps the memory of it. Every image on this page is a piece of the human knowledge that the DE gathers.

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