Science, Math, and Technology

Read what Herodotus has to say about the contributions of the Egyptians to the calendar.

Although we refer to this learning center as the Library of Alexandria or the Library at Alexandria, it was more than just a library. Students came from all over the Mediterranean world to learn and it produced several of the ancient world's most renowned scholars.

The Edwin Smith medical papyrus is impressive enough as a large surviving papyrus but even more so because it is the first extant surgical papyrus.

Claudius Ptolemy was a major astronomer and geographer from the Library at Alexandria, in Egypt.

The Egyptians developed the division of the day into twenty-four hours and a 365-day calendar.

On this illustrated page about Egyptian mathematics, Mark Millmore says the Egyptians used a seven symbol decimal system and a place system so that a number higher than another should be read first.

From Dr Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida, hieroglyphic and hieratic symbols for numerals.

The Romans used the catapult effectively in battle. Here you'll learn about the weapon and a little about its history in the ancient world.