Did Egyptian scribes have an algorithmic means for determining the circumference of a circle?

AbstractIt has been at various times proposed in regard to Problem 10 of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus that Egyptian scribes had developed a computational algorithm by which they could calculate the circumference of a circle of known diameter length. It has also been proposed at various times that the 7:22 ratio between a circle’s diameter and its circumference was known by the Egyptian scribes at a surprisingly early period.The present paper explores currently available evidence that lends support to each of these propositions