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• Ancient Egyptian Mathematics

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Egyptians.html
  Some comments on Egyptian mathematics and the Rhind papyrus.

• Egyptian Fractions

  http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/numth/egypt/
  Egyptian mathematical fractions, including algorithms, transcriptions of network conversations, and links to other Egyptian mathematical resources.

• Egyptian Fractions

  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EgyptianFraction.html
  Article from MathWorld describing unit fraction methods.

• Egyptian Math

  http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm
  Brief information on the decimal system using seven different symbols.

• Egyptian Mathematics

  http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Indexes/Egyptians.html
  An overview of mathematics in Ancient Egypt. Includes descriptions of the numerals used and of some major papyri.

• Egyptian Unit Fractions

  http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath340/kmath340.htm
  Articles concerning the mathematics of Ancient Egypt, from "MathPages."

• The Pythagorean Theorem

  http://fact.fws1.com/
  Theory that the Pythagorean theorem was developed in Egypt

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