THE SEKED: ON ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY

• Authors: Dušan Magdolen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this article the ancient Egyptian terms expressing the slope of a pyramid and voyage of the sun god across the sky are discussed in context of ancient Egyptian mathematics, astronomy and religious iconography.

Keywords

EN

ASTRONOMY; GEOMETRY; GNOMON; MATHEMATICS; SLOPE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 134 -140
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dušan Magdolen

• Institute of Oriental and African Studies SAS, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• D. Magdolen, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA00771902