More than 5,000 years ago an Egyptian ruler recorded, perhaps with a bit of exaggeration, the capture of 120,000 prisoners, 400,000 oxen, and 1,422,000 goats. This event was inscribed on a ceremonial mace which now is in a museum in Oxford, England. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very harsh. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was …showed first 75 words of 550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 550 total…the solution in Egyptian form. As you can see, the Egyptian numeration system might be a little crude with all the symbols and such to create a number but it is simple. Three web sites that would be helpful to you in finding out more about the Egyptian Numeration system are www.cenius.net/refer/articles/e/egyptiannumeration_ency.asap , http://members.ebi.eb.com/ebi/article/0,6101,36113,00.html , and www.galesburg.net/~atkins/egypt.html .