Ancient papyrus on show

Sep 8 2004

By Staff Reporter, Evening Mail

One of the oldest maths textbooks in existence will delight young visitors to Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery. The 3,000-year-old document is part of a new exhibition of Ancient Egyptian wonders starting on Saturday. Called the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, it is the first of a series of loans to Birmingham from the British Museum. It offers the solutions to 84 mathematical problems encountered by administrative and building workers in the Ancient Kingdom of Egypt. City culture chief Coun Nigel Dawkins, said the loan made a valuable addition to the museum's own collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT "This piece of papyrus is irreplaceable and will be a source of fascination for people interested in ancient Egypt," he added. * The Papyrus exhibition will run from Saturday, September 11 until March 13, 2005. An Egyptian Weekend of family events is also planned on November 6 and 7.

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