The ancient Egyptians were possibly the first civilization to practice the scientific arts. Indeed, the word chemistry is derived from the word Alchemy which is the ancient name for Egypt. Where the Egyptians really excelled was in medicine and applied mathematics. But although there is a large body of papyrus literature describing their achievements in medicine, there is no records of how they reached their mathematical conclusions. Of course they must have had an advanced …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…of geometry for the Great Pyramids, they used it for everyday uses like sewing, hunting, and fishing. Since their race lived off the Nile River this was exact calculations were very important to them. <Tab/>Furthermore the Egyptians also invented the modern calendar we use today. Even getting the leap year right was nothing to these former mathematicians. It seems like nothing was out of reach for these kings of geometry.