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{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian unit of measurement}} [[File:seked.svg|thumb|300px|right|Illustration of the ancient Egyptian measure of Seked compared with the slope of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Gre ...

...it influenced the development of mathematics, geography, and the calendar; Egyptian geometry advanced due to the practice of land measurement “because the over ...compute areas of several geometric shapes and the volumes of cylinders and pyramids. ...

...xistence or first known written account either partially or entirely to an Egyptian person. == Ancient Egypt == ...

...998 |title=Gnomons at Meroë and Early Trigonometry |journal=The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology |volume=84 |pages=171–180 |doi=10.2307/3822211 |jstor=3822211}} ...iletus]] used geometry to solve problems such as calculating the height of pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. He is credited with the first use ...

...mography'' is based on the word "tomography", a word produced by combining Ancient Greek ''tomos'' "cut" and ''graphe'' "drawing." The technique produces cros ...thors = 10 | date = 1970-02-06 | title = Search for Hidden Chambers in the Pyramids: The structure of the Second Pyramid of Giza is determined by cosmic-ray ab ...