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When looking at ancient cultures the first thing to do is forget everything you know about our modern world, since there is no direct comparison - and in the keeping of time this is very obvious.
Most ancient Egyptians had no concept of time beyond the position of the sun in the sky, so hours, minutes and seconds meant nothing to them.
The day was simply divided into hours (wnwt) by specialist priest-astronomers for the purposes of holding temple services at roughly the same time each day; nights were similarly measured by the rising and setting of certain stars. Gauges were carved on the flat roofs of temple pylons to assist in taking these measurements. There were also portable sundials of schist shaped like a letter L, with an attached plumb-bob.
The length of an hour would vary from season to season using these methods, so it would be impossible to calculate smaller units like modern minutes or seconds.
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∙ 12y agoThe ancient Egyptian language has several words meaning "time" (vowels were not written so we can not know how these words were said):
- rr.................time
- rk.................time (of a particular king)
- At................an instant, a moment, a particular time (A is used to represent a consonant not found in English)
- aHaw............a lifetime, a period of time
- tr.................a time, a season
- nr................time, the passing of the years
- nw...............time, for a while
- hrw..............daytime
- hAw..............lifetime
- Hnt...............a period of time, a lifetime
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