ocr: Calendar Two calendars marked the passage of time in Ancient Egypt. One calendar was civil, the other religious. SOPDET The civil calendar was based on a star, called Sopdet, which rose every year just before the flood began. This calendar divided the year into 12 months, just as ours does. Each month was named for festivals that occurred during the month. A month was divided into three 10-day weeks. This uses 360 days over the course of a year. The remaining 5 days of the year were celebrated just before the new year as the birthdays See Also: of several gods. Astronomy and Time The religious ...
