Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book. Volume I: Knowledge and Order. Tome Two.

This volume, the first of three volumes describing the major facets of Ancient Eygptian Science, concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, the quasi-learned institutions in anciant Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Egypt. This book is Tome Two of the two-part Volume 1.