CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lunar calendar
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Solar Calendar
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Egyptian calendar – a civil calendar – was a solar calendar with a 365-day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each, plus an intercalary month of five epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper.
Detailed explanation-2: -Certain difficulties arose, however, because of the inherent incompatibility of lunar and solar years. To solve this problem the Egyptians invented a schematized civil year of 365 days divided into three seasons, each of which consisted of four months of 30 days each.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Egyptians developed the first recorded a solar calendar in about 3000 BC. Added an extra 5 days to make up 365d. Year began in July when the star Sirius rose exactly in line with the rising Sun ("Heliacal Rising").