This site presents a brief history of ancient Egyptian mathematics.

Site provides information about Egyptian geography. Describes the importance of the Nile River and the Nile River Valley.

Kids learn about the boats and transportation of Ancient Egypt. The Nile River was an important way to travel using ships and rafts.

Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Geography and the Nile River. The Nile provided fertile land, transportation, and building materials for Egypt.

The headless marble statue depicts a man wearing the typical garments of an orator. He holds a papyrus scroll in his left hand, and a bundle of more papyrus scrolls rests on top of a nearby storage box. The museum is keeping the head of...

The most common material on which books were written by the Greeks and Romans, was the thin coats or rind of the Egyptian papyrus. This plant was called by the Egyptians Byblos. The papyrus tree grows in swamps to the height of ten feet...

Ra-Hotep is depicted in the traditional posture of a scribe, seated cross-legged with a roll of papyrus on his lap. He is not shown writing, but in a resting pose.

This statuette portrays Hapi as a man with full breasts symbolizing the nurturing aspects of the river. He wears papyrus and lotus plants as a headdress and a false beard.

This standing statuette of a woman shows her wearing a wig, a broad collar, and a tight garment. She holds a flower, probably a papyrus.

This double kohl pot consists of two tall cylindrical tubes with a central opening. The rims of the tubes are decorated with black ornaments. The pot is decorated with the painting of a nude woman standing and is holding a papyrus flower...

Remains of carob bound with strips of papyrus, from the tomb of Kha.

The floor lamp, with a papyrus-shaped wooden support, was found in the funerary chamber, in the corridor of the tomb of Kha.

This statue shows us an idealized image of an Egyptian official. Maa-Nefer is shown seated with his legs crossed and a partly unrolled papyrus on his knees. He has a very attentive expression on his face, as if listening to his master.

Hapy was the personification of the Nile flood. His body showed both male and female genders at the same time. Hapy was often depicted on the throne of the king, tying the lotus and the papyrus on the symbol of unification.

Queen Meritamun's mummy was buried in two cedarwood coffins and a cartonnage outer case, which is now damaged. Cartonnage is linen or papyrus held together by glue and molded into coffins.

The goddess Hathor appears in the form of a cow surrounded by papyrus reeds. A young prince, representing the god Horus, kneels and suckles from her udder. The statue is painted white except for the young prince, who is painted dark brown.

A gold oval disk with a reflective surface forms the mirror itself. Two Hathor faces separate the mirror from the shaft, which is a column that is shaped like a papyrus.

The mirror consists of a thick gilt disk that bulges in the center. The handle takes the shape of a small papyrus-shaped column topped with the disk and two falcons of Horus perched with their beaks facing out.

This relief was discovered in the funerary temple of King Userkaf. It depicts a flock of birds in papyrus marshes.

Experience the Okavango, a "river that never meets the sea." Learn about the animals there, how to make papyrus, and swampy deltas.

Experience the Okavango, a "river that never meets the sea." Learn about the animals there, how to make papyrus, and swampy deltas.

A papyrus of the first century A.D., containing the Ten Commandments. It was discovered in Egypt.-Webster, 1913

Egyptian noble hunting waterfowl on the Nile with the throwstick' (a boomerang). The birds rise from a group of papyrus reeds, -- Egyptian relief; after Maspero." -West 1904

The book is an abbreviated version for Nespaqashuty of the book of the Amduat"the book of the underworld", which describes the journey of the sun god through the 12 hours of the night.