Civil Calendar And Lunar Calendar In Ancient Egypt
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Civil Calendar And Lunar Calendar In Ancient Egypt
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Author : Leo Depuydt
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 1997
Civil Calendar And Lunar Calendar In Ancient Egypt written by Leo Depuydt and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
This investigation is concerned with ancient Egyptian calendars. Its specific focus is one of the oldest problems of the study of these calendars: the so-called problem of the month names. This work's main purpose is to suggest an explanation for the Brugsch phenomenon. The Brugsch phenomenon is one of the two main aspects of the problem of the month names. The other is the Gardiner phenomenon. No new theory is presented for the Gardiner phenomenon. As a problem, the Brugsch phenomenon is slightly older than the Gardiner Phenomenon. It has occupied center stage in the study of ancient Egyptian calendars since the early days of this endeavor. In 1870, Heinrich Brugsch, the great pioneer in this subject, wrote about the phenomenon, "Here we encounter all at once the most curious contradiction." Just recently, Rolf Krauss has described the contradiction as still "unsolved". The Brugsch phenomenon concerns the indisputable fact that the last or twelfth month of the Egyptian civil year can be named as if it were the first. Two month names are involved. The first is wp rnpt. Its meaning "opener of the year," refers to a beginning. The second month name is mswt r' "birth of Re" in hieroglyphic Egyptian, Mesore in Aramaic, Greek and Coptic. Both can otherwise also refer to New Year's Day, the quintessential calendrical beginning.
Calendars And Years
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Author : John M. Steele
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2007-10-08
Calendars And Years written by John M. Steele and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-08 with History categories.
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.
Ancient Egyptian Science
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Author : Marshall Clagett
language : en
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Release Date : 1989
Ancient Egyptian Science written by Marshall Clagett and has been published by American Philosophical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
This volume, the first of three volumes describing the major facets of Ancient Egyptian Science, concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, and quasi-learned institutions in ancient Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Eygpt.
Calendars In Antiquity
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Author : Sacha Stern
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2012-09-06
Calendars In Antiquity written by Sacha Stern and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with History categories.
Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity. In this volume, Stern sheds light on the political context in which ancient calendars were designed and managed. Set and controlled by political rulers, calendars served as expressions of political power, as mechanisms of social control, and sometimes as assertions of political independence, or even of sub-culture and dissidence. While ancient calendars varied widely, they all shared a common history, evolving on the whole from flexible, lunar calendars to fixed, solar schemes. The Egyptian calendar played an important role in this process, leading most notably to the institution of the Julian calendar in Rome, the forerunner of our modern Gregorian calendar. Stern argues that this common, evolutionary trajectory was not the result of scientific or technical progress. It was rather the result of major political and social changes that transformed the ancient world, with the formation of the great Near Eastern empires and then the Hellenistic and Roman Empires from the first millennium BC to late Antiquity. The institution of standard, fixed calendars served the administrative needs of these great empires but also contributed to their cultural cohesion.
Becoming A Coaching Leader
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Author : Daniel Harkavy
language : en
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Release Date : 2010-06-28
Becoming A Coaching Leader written by Daniel Harkavy and has been published by HarperChristian + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-28 with Business & Economics categories.
As a leader, a coach is the most significant role you can play. Discover how coaching makes developing people a high-payoff activity where you can equip tomorrow’s leaders, today. As a coach to some of the country’s highest-profile executives, Daniel Harkavy has witnessed the transformation - both professional and personal - that comes when leaders utilize coaching to turn their paycheck-driven teams into cultures of vibrant and successful growth. Since founding his company Building Champions Inc. in 1996, Harkavy and his team have coached thousands and shared their knowledge by certifying coaching leaders across the country. Now, in this strategic and thought-provoking guide, he shares his proven strategy for improving your team’s performance while raising quality of life inside and outside of the office. In Becoming a Coaching Leader, you will learn: the core four foundations to every coaching strategy, the most powerful leadership tools you can and should leverage, and the key behaviors and disciplines of successful coaching leaders. Becoming a Coaching Leader shows you how to leverage coaching techniques to equip tomorrow’s leaders and pave a lasting leadership legacy.
Revolutions In Time
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Author : Anthony John Spalinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Revolutions In Time written by Anthony John Spalinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Calendar categories.
Hellenistic Astronomy
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Author : Alan C. Bowen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-02-17
Hellenistic Astronomy written by Alan C. Bowen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-17 with History categories.
In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, renowned scholars address questions about what the ancient science of the heavens was and the numerous contexts in which it was pursued.
Divining The Etruscan World
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Author : Jean MacIntosh Turfa
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-16
Divining The Etruscan World written by Jean MacIntosh Turfa and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-16 with History categories.
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.
Down To The Hour Short Time In The Ancient Mediterranean And Near East
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-02
Down To The Hour Short Time In The Ancient Mediterranean And Near East written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Clock time", with all its benefits and anxieties, is often viewed as a "modern" phenomenon, but ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures also had tools for marking and measuring time within the day and wrestled with challenges of daily time management. This book brings together for the first time perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. Its contributions denaturalize modern-day concepts of clocks, hours, and temporal frameworks; describe some of the timekeeping solutions used in antiquity; and illuminate the diverse factors that affected how individuals and communities structured their time.
Calendars Of India
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Author : Dr Vinod K. Mishra
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Calendars Of India written by Dr Vinod K. Mishra and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Calendars are created by civilisations to give meaning to the continuous flow of time according to their world-views. Over the past millennia, India has developed it's own unique collection of many calendars for regulating it's religious and cultural life. The current book presents a comprehensive account of their structure and relative importance at the present time and places them in the context of other calendars prevalent outside India. Suggestions have also been made for making some changes to bring them in line with our current astronomical knowledge. This book will be very useful to students and anyone who is curious about calendars.