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Sothic cycle

The Sothic cycle or Canicular period (Ancient Egyptian: spdt or Sopdet, 'Triangle'; Ancient Greek: Σῶθις, Sō̂this) is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian years averaging .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac…

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Sothic cycle

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Sothic cycle

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related to Discovery · 18
Sothic cycle → August, BCE, CE, Censorinus, Cullimore, De Die Natale, Eduard Meyer, Egyptian, Egyptian New Year's Day, Egyptologist, He, In, Isaac Cullimore, Old Egyptian Chronicle, Royal Society, Sirius, Syncellus, This
related to Chronological interpretation · 14
Sothic cycle → BCE, Djer, Djer's, Egyptian, Gautschy, However, If, July, Old Kingdom, Sirius, Sothic, Sothis, The, Three
related to Problems and criticisms · 11
Sothic cycle → Another, Determining, Egyptian, Egyptians, Egyptologists, Firstly, Other, Secondly, Sirius, Some, Sothic
related to Observational procedure and precession · 8
Sothic cycle → Earth's, Egyptian, In, Sirius, Sothic, Star, The Sothic, This
is a · 1
Sothic cycle → specific example of two cycles of differing length interacting to cycle together

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sothic year egyptian cycle sirius years calendar date julian bce observation civil heliacal day days rising rise star july one

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Sothic cycleis aspecific example of two cycles of differing length interacting to cycle together0.90text
Peter Jamesinstance ofClaims that the Thera eruption is described on the Tempest Stele of Ahmose I have been disputed by writers0.80text
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Sothic cyclerelated to Chronological interpretationSirius0.60section
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Sothic cyclerelated to Chronological interpretationJuly0.60section
Sothic cyclerelated to Chronological interpretationBCE0.60section
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