Wepet Renpet was intrinsically linked to the heliacal rising of Sirius, which heralded the summer solstice and the annual ...

Nowadays, people ring in the new year with fireworks, parties, and lots of champagne. These festivities may be what’s popular ...

These have been reviewed recently by H. E. Winlock (“The Origin of the Ancient Egyptian Calendar”. Proc. American Philosophical Soc., 83, No. 3; 1940), introducing a further suggestion as to ...