EGYPTIAN MEDICINE
The Egyptians believed that there was a God of Medicine named Aslepius. The first egyptain medicine scroll was called the Ebers papyrus. It was dated back to 1550 BC. It held over 700 surgical formulas that cured many different pains and injuries. It also gave a description of the circulatory system that is similar to the one we use today.
The first medicine was developed by Imhotep in 2700 BC. He was the chancellor of the king in lower Egypt. Imhotep wrote the Edwin Smith Papyrus which was a medical book telling how to treat different injuries. The Egyptians also had many different prescriptions. One was honey and milk which was used to treat injuries. Some of the treatments shown in the papyrus are still used today.
Edwin SmithEEbers
Egyptian Astronomy
The Egyptians year was very similar to ours. It had 365 days and 12 months. The only difference was that that they had 10 days a week and 3 weeks a month. There were 5 added festival days honoring the gods added to the year.
Then in 2400 B.C. the Egyptians made the first astronomical calendar. The Egyptians had 5 constellations. They also had 36 groups of stars callled decons. Some gods and goddesses were seen as constellation such as the god, Orin. Other gods and godesses were seen as astronomical bodies. Astronomy also helped in everyday life because every year the Nile flooded so the astronomers used the stars to figure out when the floods would occur each year.
Mummification
Mummification was started a long time ago. It took about seventy days to embalm a person, so it was a very long process. This also was a very expensive process, so the Egyptians thought only the highest of the soical class could be mummified. This was also one of the most important science studies in Egypt because they learned a lot about the human body during this process. The Egyptians learned how to make the first medicines during mummification as well. After they took out the organs, they put them in jars called canopic jars. Each organ was placed in a separate jar. The liver was placed in the Imsety (human head ) jar. The lungs were placed in the Hapy (baboon head ) jar. The stomach was placed in the Duamutef (Jackel head) jar. The intestines were placed in the Qebehsenuef (Falcon head) jar.
Canopic jars Mummy
Mathematics
In Ancient Egypt, math was used a lot and it was a very important as a science and a technology. The Egyptians used math to create a calendar which is closest to ours today. They also used math to make pyramids like we use math to make buildings today. They also made one of the most important math scrolls in history called the Rhind Papyrus. In this papyrus, we learn how to figure out many different mathematical problems. The Egyptians knew how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. In the numeral system, they used symbols as numbers.
Rhind papyrus Numeral system
Through our research we found that most of Ancient Egypt's science and technology was the start of today's science and technology. The calendar, medicine, surgery, mathmatics, building, and astronomy that were developed by the Ancient Egyptians can still be found today.
Click on the link below to play a ancient egypt computer game made by the science and technology group member Chris P.
ancient egypt adventure 2.0.exe
Ancient egypt adventure 3.0.exe Readme.txt
Look for a secret treasure on version 3!
Source: www.aldokkan.com/science/science.htm Aldokkan
Source:http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/numbers.htm The Ancient Egyptian Numer System
Source:www.mos.org/quest Ancient Egypt Science and Technology
Source:www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/ Mummies of Ancient Egypt
Source:http://www.egyptologyonline.com/astronomy.htm Egyptology Online