Article ID: CBB001252009

The Cairo Calendar as a Stellar Almanac (2002/2003)

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The Cairo Calendar is a Nineteenth Dynasty Egyp- tian almanac that lists religious feasts, mythological incidents, favorable or adverse days, forecasts, and warnings. The 365 passages that make up Book II of the Cairo Calendar include 46 references to the proof deities and mythological beings. This term is most often translated going forth. The dates for three Cairo Calendar passages announcing the prof the goddess Neith are dates of astronomical events in- volving the bright star Canopus (alpha Carinae), and the passages make sense when read as astronomical observations. The Calendar lists two or more pr for 11 other deities or mythological figures, and based on this information the celestial objects can be iden- tified. In closing, the article briefly discusses the possibility that the Cairo Calendar reflects an indig- enous tradition of celestial divination

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Description On the calendar's use to record religious feasts, mythological events, and so forth.


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Authors & Contributors
Steele, John M.
Ben-Dov, Jonathan
Guichard, Luis Arturo
Peter Barthel
García Alonso, Juan Luis
Tur, Alexandre
Concepts
Astronomy
Calendars
Science and religion
Almanacs
Stars; stellar astronomy
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
Ancient
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Medieval
17th century
Places
Egypt
Middle and Near East
Mesopotamia
Greece
China
Rome (Italy)
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