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Language: English
Published by Kronos Press, 1999
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Sun, Moon & Sothis: A Study of Calendars & Calendar Reforms in Ancient Egypt (The Osiris Series, Volume II)
- Author
- Lynn E. Rose
- Publisher
- Kronos Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0917994159
- ISBN 13
- 9780917994159
- Item weight
- 1.8 pounds
The Ancient Egyptian Calendar followed the movements of the star Sothis (Sirius) as well as the sun. This book discusses how the Egyptians divided time, and then turns to a detailed examination of how Egyptian lunar calendars were tied by succeeding astronomers into the Julian Calendar, and thus into our own calendrical reckonings. The author suggests that a mistake in ancient calculations may mean a substantial error in our dating of the Middle Kingdom, meaning that it may be a much later period than commonly assumed.
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