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{{Short description|Mathematical subset of the Lahun Papyri}} ...matics.<ref>[http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/lahun/papyri.html The Lahun Papyri] at University College London</ref> ...

{{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 ...

| name = [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|P. Oxy. 4494]] | found = Oxyrhynchus, Egypt ...

{{Short description|Geometry emanating from Egypt}} ...ometry''' refers to [[geometry]] as it was developed and used in [[Ancient Egypt]]. Their [[geometry]] was a necessary outgrowth of [[surveying]] to preserv ...

...].{{sfn|Ackroyd|1993|p=113}}{{sfn|Mathys|2007|p=268}} The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars ...n|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}{{efn|The whole book of 2 Chronicles is missing from the extant [[Codex Sinaiticus]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Würthwein |first=Ern ...

...ant verses 6–12).<ref>John R Abercrombie. 'A History of the Acquisition of Papyri and Related Written Material in the University Museum'. Web publication onl :{{sup|3}}''And I will cut off the judge from its midst,'' ...

== Ancient Egypt == ...spent. This practice has existed in some form for centuries; in ancient [[Egypt]], for example, when grain was often used as currency, local granaries woul ...

...=March 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/ishango.html|title=an old Mathematical Object|publisher=|accessdate= ...first [[Babylonian cuneiform numerals|numeral system]], and a system of [[Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement|weights and measures]]. ...