▲ 160 ▼ Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com) submitted 2 years ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@beehaw.org 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it's named.