At around 1900 B.C., Egyptians estimated the value of pi to be 256 / 81 .
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There is no recorded single discoverer of the value of pi. Although, it has been recorded that the Egyptians were aware of pi.
The ancient Egyptians are believed to have used 22/7 which is 3.14285714...
The Egyptians and the Babylonians are the first cultures that discovered Pi about 4,000 years ago.
Exactly as it is today because the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter is and has always been equal to the value of pi. But the ancient Egyptians probably worked it out as 22/7 and rounded it to 3
The Egyptians calculated the area of a circle by a formula that gave a aproximate value of 3.1605