Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Episode 15, Ancient Egyptian Numbers.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6733490 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Bob Brier
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
Learn the Egyptian way of writing whole numbers and fractions, which were used to keep track of everything from taxes to dates when the Nile would rise. Also, visit the mortuary temple of Ramses III, where a pile of hands reveals how many enemy soldiers were killed in battle.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English