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Babylonian Maths
A full teaching resource kit on maths in Ancient Babylon, including videos presented by a mathematical archaeologist, worksheets and activities – including making cuneform style base60 numbers in clay or plasticine tablets, looking at the area of Babylonian house and how Babylon students did their maths homework and multiplication tables.
Bite-sized History of Mathematics
A series of stories that aim to give students some of the history which lies behind a selection of the famous names and equations in mathematics.
Podcast homepage and accompanying PDFs.
Egyptian mathematics and Numbers Hieroglyphs
Some free resources including worksheets using Egyptian numbers. Nice wallpaper downloads – including one you can only obtain if you solve a sequence of Ancient Egyptian number maths problems. Worksheet generator available for around AUD$12.