tour 2 of 13
Time
An Egyptian calendar
Telling
the time using days and
nights
One
obvious measure of time is the period from when the sun rises in
the morning until it sets at night - a day. People have always
counted days and for a long time have recorded them on
calendars.
Have you ever
read your daily horoscope in the paper? The ancient Egyptians had a
similar idea about their days, although they did not link it with
star signs. This papyrus is a calendar written in hieroglyphs that
say which days are lucky and which are unlucky.
'Bad' hieroglyphs are those written in
red.
Example of a good day:
'This is the day on which the gods received their
hearts.'
Example of a bad day:
'Do not go out on this day. Whoever is born on this day
will die through a serpent.'