Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
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The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
The Rhind mathematical papyrus contains 84 different problems. It's a crammer for the civil service exams around 1550 BC. The numeracy of the Egyptians, honed by works like this, was widely admired across the ancient world. But we have only a very few surviving Egyptian mathematical documents.
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