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From "Rhind Papyrus" from 1600 BC we know that the Egyptians had an estimatestimate for Pipi, namely 3.16, meaning they knew only 2 digits of pi. According to this artcilearticle they knew more digits, at least 4 digits of Pipi. Around 200 BC Archimedes estimateestimated pi to 22/7 which is 3 digits of pi. This indicateindicates that the Egyptians knew more digits 2000 years before Archimedes, however, it's not clear to me how many digits they actually knew.

http://www.bcamt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yochim.pdf

From "Rhind Papyrus" from 1600 BC we know that the Egyptians had an estimat for Pi, namely 3.16, meaning they knew only 2 digits of pi. According to this artcile they knew more digits, at least 4 digits of Pi. Around 200 BC Archimedes estimate pi to 22/7 which is 3 digits of pi. This indicate that the Egyptians knew more digits 2000 years before Archimedes, however, it's not clear to me how many digits they actually knew.

http://www.bcamt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yochim.pdf

From "Rhind Papyrus" from 1600 BC we know that the Egyptians had an estimate for pi, namely 3.16, meaning they knew only 2 digits of pi. According to this article they knew more digits, at least 4 digits of pi. Around 200 BC Archimedes estimated pi to 22/7 which is 3 digits of pi. This indicates that the Egyptians knew more digits 2000 years before Archimedes, however, it's not clear to me how many digits they actually knew.

http://www.bcamt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yochim.pdf

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How many digits of Pi did the old Egyptians know?

From "Rhind Papyrus" from 1600 BC we know that the Egyptians had an estimat for Pi, namely 3.16, meaning they knew only 2 digits of pi. According to this artcile they knew more digits, at least 4 digits of Pi. Around 200 BC Archimedes estimate pi to 22/7 which is 3 digits of pi. This indicate that the Egyptians knew more digits 2000 years before Archimedes, however, it's not clear to me how many digits they actually knew.

http://www.bcamt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yochim.pdf