Ancient Egyptian Calendar - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com Ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome History Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:20:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://ancientsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1-150x126.png Ancient Egyptian Calendar - Ancient Society https://ancientsociety.com 32 32 167794014 Ancient Egyptian Calendar: 12 Months, 3 Seasons & 365 Days https://ancientsociety.com/egypt/the-ancient-egyptian-calendar/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:25:21 +0000 https://ancientsociety.com/?p=976 The ancient Egyptian calendar divided the year into 365 days, with twelve months of 30 days each followed by five additional days known as the epagomenal days. The twelve months were grouped into three seasons tied to the agricultural cycle of the Nile: Akhet, the inundation season; Peret, the season of emergence and growth; and […]

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