Hacker News with Generative AI: Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Fractions (2023) (surrey.ac.uk)
The ancient Egyptians only used fractions of the form 1/n so any other fraction had to be represented as a sum of such unit fractions and, furthermore, all the unit fractions were different!

Mathematics, History, Ancient Egypt

10 points by aragonite 35 days ago | 1 comments

Archaeologists found an ancient Egyptian observatory (arstechnica.com)
A few years ago, Egyptian archaeologists discovered what they thought were the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple dating back to the sixth century BCE. Subsequent finds at the site indicate that the structure was actually an astronomical observatory, deemed the first and largest such structure yet found, according to Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Astronomy

86 points by LinuxBender 102 days ago | 81 comments

Was Egypt's first pyramid built with hydraulics? The theory may hold water (sciencenews.org)

Ancient Egypt, Pyramids, History, Science, Archaeology

6 points by rolph 165 days ago | 0 comments

Study suggests Egyptians used hydraulic lifts to build Pyramid of Djoser (arstechnica.com)

Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, History, Engineering

4 points by Archelaos 165 days ago | 0 comments

Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (nature.com)

Ancient Egypt, Occupational Health, Archaeology, Skeletal Analysis

6 points by bookofjoe 202 days ago | 0 comments

A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations (smithsonianmag.com)