The Latin word “ingenium” is the root of the word “engineer”, which means “innate quality, especially mental power, hence a clever invention. Derivation of word engineer dates back to 1325.”First engineers are military constructors, who were employed by governments. Engineer referred to “a constructor of military engines”. Later, civilian structures like bridges, buildings, towers started to design in a technical way. Military and non-military projects were distinguished by the term of “civil engineering”. The Acropolis and the Parthenon in Greece, the Roman aquaducts, Via Appia and the Colosseum, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pharos of Alexandria, the pyramids in Egypt, Teotihuacán and the cities and pyramids of the Mayan, Inca and Aztec Empires, the Great Wall of China are some desings of ancient engineers.The first civil engineer’s name is Imhotep.As official, Pharaoh Djoser designed the Pyramid of Djoser at Sakkara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC and since the ancient times, role of engineers have not changed,to create and to design.
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