Sothic cycle
The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian years averaging 365+1⁄4 days each. Wikipedia
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The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian years averaging 365+1⁄4 days each.
The meaning of SOTHIC is relating to the ancient Egyptian year of 3651/4 days or to the Sothic cycle.
Sothic definition: relating to the star Sirius or to the rising of this star. See examples of SOTHIC used in a sentence.
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…this phenomenon was the Egyptian Sothic cycle, based on the star Sirius (called Sothis by the ancient Egyptians). The error with respect to the 365-day year ...
designating or of an ancient Egyptian cycle or period based on a fixed year of 3651⁄4 days (Sothic year) and equal to 1,460 such years.
Fall of the Sothic Theory: Egyptian Chronology Revisited
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The Sothic theory has absolutely bedevilled efforts to establish proper synchronisms throughout antiquity, especially when it is considered that the chronology ...
a period of 1460 Sothic years in the ancient Egyptian calendar being the time required for the beginning of the vague year of 365 days to return to its ...
So·thic ... adj. 1. Of, relating to, or deriving from the name of Sothis. 2. Being the ancient Egyptian calendar year, consisting of 365 1/4 days. 3. Being a ...
In this paper I present a new solution of a most interesting and important problem regarding the use of the Sothic Cycle by the ancient Egyptians in dating ...
(historical astronomy) Of or relating to the star Sirius, particularly in Egyptian or ancient Greek contexts. Derived ...