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    Which god was the Egyptian calendar based on?

    Question #73684. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Dec 24 06 12:47 AM)


    MotherGoose

    		Thoth.

    http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/thoth.htm

    Dec 24 06, 1:36 AM
    tragic_flawed

    		is Thoth the same as Sothis- Sirius- Dog Star?

    Dec 24 06, 5:38 PM
    zbeckabee

    		"The Middle Kingdom of Egyptians based their calendar on the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurred just before the annual flooding of the Nile and the Summer solstice."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius


    The god Thoth is said to have invented the 365-day calendar.

    http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ancient_egypt_for_children/108232


    Dec 24 06, 8:33 PM

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