Roman Egypt’s scribes used diagrams to guide and check math problems, study finds A scribe in Roman Egypt needs the area of a field. He picks up his reed pen and sketches a triangle on papyrus. Then he writes numbers along the sides. A new study shows this habit was common, and the sketches did real work... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/roman-egypts-scribes-used-diagrams-to-check-math-problems/ Follow @archaeology #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #papyrus #mathematics #geometry #romanegypt #ancientegypt