There is a common perception that science is a modern invention with roots in the ancient Greek world. While the Greeks pioneered the kind of theoretical thinking that characterizes modern science, ...

This is the most famous mathematical papyrus to have survived from Ancient Egypt. It contains 84 different mathematical problems - such as how to distribute 100 loaves of bread among a workforce ...

You may know this singsong quiz, But what you might not know is this: That it began with ancient Egypt’s Early math-filled manuscripts. It’s true. That very British-sounding St. Ives conundrum ...

Constructed some 4,600 years ago, it reveals the power of calculation like nothing else from the ancient world ... pyramid formula The Egyptians didn’t write it like that, of course, but the Moscow ...

This week we look at ancient Egyptian mathematics, building techniques, tools, and culture Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Over the past centuries ...

No writing from ancient Egyptians mentioning a curse was found ... lived pathogen could have caused the "curse," scientists used mathematical modeling to determine how long a pathogen could ...

The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure, and describe ...