ABSTRACT
The history of science in Egypt spans no less than 3,000 years from the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first king, Narmer (3100 B.C), when an era of magnificent achievement began to the tragic burning of the Great Library at Alexandria (48 B.C). Over the past two centuries, ever since Napoleon came to Egypt in the 1790s, many who have taken the time to learn about Egyptian science and society have expressed their astonishment, just as Herodotus did in the 5th century B.C. Ideas and beliefs that one call religious permeated Egyptian thought. Egypt was the most pleasant, cultivated society to live in during pre-Roman times. In Egyptian scientific culture there was a considerable degree of professional organization, one that matched the systematic aspects of the relevant knowledge itself. The Egyptians were driven by their observations, curiosity and experience, as well as their religious beliefs.
