What I learned from my Anciet Science "project"

For my ancient science project, I did the civilization of Egypt even though I am from Israel. Since I spent most of my life there working as a slave, it was an appropriate choice. My subject was math, specifically the counting and measuring systems. I learned that there are symbols for each number. For instance, instead of writing "1000" one would write a symbol of a flower. Then when writing 100,000, one could draw a tadpole and the Egyptians would understand. I also learned about how the measuring system was adjusted to the pharaohs body. A cubit, for example, would be the distance from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow. After realizing how inefficient the system was because everyone's body is different, the Egyptians made standard measuring lengths.