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The modern, detailed system of time measurement (hours, minutes, seconds etcetera) had not been invented, and in any case there was no way of measuring it.

Most ancient peoples simply judged the passage of each day by the position of the sun, and the length of shadows. Some civilizations, such as Egypt, used a form of sundial to more accurately judge time by shadows. The Obelisks of Egypt are an early form of sundial, and the Ancient Greeks refined and greatly developed this simple technology. Some historians have claimed that one of the functions of Stonehenge and other such structures was to be a sundial, but this is unknown for certain.

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