Egyptian mathematics

Ra The God Of The Sun Ra is the egyptian god of the sun, he is considered one of the most important gods to the egyptians. Ancient egyptians believed ra was the creator of the world, part of him was also represented in every other god. They believed all other gods should illustrate some aspect of him and that he should represent all other gods. Ra was usually depicted in human form. He had a falcon head which is crowned with a sun disc. This sun disc was encircled by a sacred cobra named Uraeus…

As one of the oldest cradles of civilizations, Ancient Egypt has an enormous system of mythology just like other famous civilizations. In these myths and legends, different gods are famous for their different personalities and symbolizations. For example, Bastet is recognized as the goddess of fire, cats, home and pregnant women; Anubis is widely known as the god of the dead; Osiris, almost the most important god in the myths of Ancient Egypt, is usually considered as the god of the dead,…

The great Egyptian Empire ruled over the Nile river for many centuries. Today, society looks at the feats of the once all powerful empire and marvels and the beautiful architecture and complex customs. The Egyptian Empire truly was a hallmark in human history, but it is surprising to most people that unlike other ancient civilizations, many Egyptian people were literate. This can be seen in the poetry of Deir el Medina. These poems reveal the mentality of the village’s children, towards love,…

different subjects are lacking in comparison. Given this, I believe that it is safe to say that their funerary culture, religion, and mythology were extremely important to the Egyptians since so much priority was given to their burials and temples, ensuring that they were built to last.…

have been able to conclude that the Ancient Egyptians valued tombs and temples, and had specific domestic housing architecture. Analyses of these features indicates Ancient Egyptian lifestyles; however, these features only provide historians with a limited amount of knowledge due to no direct evidence from robbing of tombs, flooding of the Nile, and the destruction of buildings. Historians have frequently discovered tombs which implies that Egyptians highly valued caring for and honoring the…

Many scientists have been wondering for years, why the egyptians were mummified?They also been wondering if there was a reason why they did the mummification.So they asked these questions “How did the mummification work?”.Was mummification important to the egyptians? Mummification or being buried? Why they were they mummified?The egyptians believed that there was an afterlife they could live, and in the afterlife it gives you a second chance to live.Egyptians made sure if you would bring along…

intellectually disabled, that student can benefit from such things as group help. Other students, or a teacher, can read the math problem to a student and help him or her interpret the problem. If the student is otherwise proficient in computational mathematics, the student will easily see how to work the…

Lesson Analysis & Reflection The lesson analysis and reflection will be over a mathematics lesson taught to a small group of second graders in a resource room. The timing of this lesson was appropriate. I had enough time to go over the lesson thoroughly. I finished a few minutes early and was able to re-iterate the strategies taught during the lesson. I was also able to implement more problems to make the lesson more concrete for a better understanding of the strategy. The benefits of this…

A relationship with numbers and codes is my fate. I learned math for an Olympic Mathematics Competition that I’ve been involved in since I was 9 years old. I became familiar with algorithms like congruence, Horner algorithm and graph theory before I could use a computer. Now as a senior in the school of mathematics at XX University, one of the top three mathematical schools in China. I chose math as my major to build a good mathematical foundation to thoroughly learn about computer science. With…

which geometry became to have a large impact on high school math education (Gagatsis, Demetriadou 105). The Greek’s curriculum followed the Bavarian curriculum which focused 53.2% on literature and 19.2% on mathematics (Gagatsis, Demetriadou 105). The Greek syllabus in 1857 for mathematics included plane geometry (angles, lines, circles) and space geometry (solids, area, volume) (Gagatsis, Demetriadou 105). They also included analytic geometry which is “the study of conic sections…