Triangle Decans | ||
| International Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology | ||
| Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 89-106 PDF (1.57 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.227303 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khloud Elgammal | ||
| Faculty of Archaeology, Egyptology Department, Fayoum University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The ancient Egyptians thought that there were two heavens, the northern sky and the southern sky, separated by a channel called “mr-n-xA” and they relied on the stars as timekeepers during the night, which they called “BAktiw”. This decans measured time for 360 days of the year, with five days remaining to complete the year, known as five days upon the year “diw Hryw rnpt “;where triangle decans are used to measure these five days. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Decans; Five Epagomenal Days; Sopdet; Time Measurement; Asyut's Coffin Lids; Sinnamut's Tomb | ||
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