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The Season of the Inundation or Flood (Ancient Egyptian: Ꜣḫt) [b] was the first season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the intercalary month of Days over the Year (Ḥryw Rnpt) [3] and before the Season of the Emergence (Prt). [4] In the Coptic and Egyptian calendars this season begins at the start of the month of ...
Flooding cycle. The flooding of the Nile is the result of the yearly monsoon between May and August causing enormous precipitations on the Ethiopian Highlands whose summits reach heights of up to 4,550 m (14,930 ft). Most of this rainwater is taken by the Blue Nile and by the Atbarah River into the Nile, while a less important amount flows ...
The Season of the Emergence (Ancient Egyptian: Prt) was the second season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the Season of the Inundation (Ꜣḫt) and before the Season of the Harvest (Šmw). [1] In the Coptic and Egyptian calendars this season begins at the start of the month of Tobi (about 9 January), continues through ...
The ancient Egyptian calendar – a civil calendar – was a solar calendar with a 365-day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each, plus an intercalary month of five epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper. Each season was divided into four months of 30 days. These twelve months were initially numbered within ...
The Season of the Harvest or Low Water [1] was the third and final season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars.It fell after the Season of the Emergence (Prt) and before the spiritually dangerous intercalary month (Ḥryw Rnpt), after which the New Year's festivities began the Season of the Inundation (Ꜣḫt). [1]
Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Userkare Khendjer was a minor king of the early Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. [2] Khendjer possibly reigned for four to five years, archaeological attestations show that he was on the throne for at least three or four years three months and five days. Khendjer had a small pyramid built for ...
Hapi (Nile god) Hapi (Ancient Egyptian: ḥꜥpj) was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt (fertile soil) on the river's banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. [1] Hapi was greatly celebrated among the Egyptians. Some of the titles of Hapi were "Lord of the Fish and Birds ...
The djed, an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic backbone of the god Osiris. The djed, also djt (Ancient Egyptian: ḏd 𓊽, Coptic ϫⲱⲧjōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) [ 1 ] is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion. It is a pillar -like symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs ...