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Most of us are familiar with roman numerals, as they are still in occasional use today, but how did the ancient Egyptians, Sumerains, Babylonians and Greeks write numbers ? How did they measure distance, capacity and weight, and how did the early architects and engineers make the necessary calculations for building their great pyramids, temples, aqueducts and roads ? In this fully illustrated book, Professor Dilke outlines the ancient systems of mathematics and measurement and describes how they were used in mapping, surveying, telling the time, trade and commerce, as well as in leisure pursuits such as games and puzzles, and in the occult. A final chapter sketches subsequent developments in the West, including the introduction of arabic numerals, and shows how the mathematical legacy of the graeco-roman world influenced science and technology in the Renaissance and beyond.

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Ounamon a été envoyé par Hérihor, le grand prêtre d'Amon, pour acheter du bois destiné à l'entretien ou à la construction de la grande barque du dieu, à Thèbes. C'était vers 1065 avant J.-C. De cette mission, on conserve le récit fait par Ounamon sur papyrus, mais l'auteur s'est brusquement arrêté avant la fin de la deuxième page. Selon le sens donné aux toponymes énumérés par le voyageur et tels qu'on les comprenait depuis la première traduction, vers 1899, il serait parti de Tanis et aurait navigué sur la Méditerranée, passant par Tyr, Byblos ou même Chypre ; c'est à Byblos qu'il aurait dû acquérir le bois pour lequel il avait été envoyé. Mais "l'eau" sur laquelle il avait navigué était "le grand Ym de Kharou" ce qui ne peut être la Méditerranée ; c'est le "grand bras d'eau douce" issu du Nil et se dirigeant vers l'est jusqu'aux lacs amers, c'est très probablement le Ouadi Toumilat. Ounamon n'est pas allé à Byblos, ni à Tyr ou Chypre ; il devait se procurer du bois d'une source forestière à l'est du delta ; c'est là que se passent ses Mésaventures. Le papyrus sur lequel il avait commencé à en faire le récit a été découvert dans un pot de terre à el-Hiba et acheté en 1891 par Wladimir Golénischeff, son premier éditeur.

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