February 08, 2020 01:17PM
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Hi Brendan,
Thanks for that, although my 2005 computer doesn't have much capacity left and I am frequently warned of its impending doom.
No, I can't date the pyramid from my model.
It may be that the Egyptian calendar had a confused history before becoming firmly established (ie it isn't certain that the integrity of the Egyptian calendar was preserved as far back as 2780 BC or thereabouts).
Your line of reasoning is interesting if it was taken for granted that a period of (135 days?) was a historical period no longer applicable, but if so then AE knew the solar year had drifted a long way from the calendar year of 365 days which might then have induced a system of leap years.
I have argued that the lunar cycle of 309 lunar months in 25 calendar years of 365 days was the reason for the retention of the fixed calendar year of 365 days. However, for a legend to be meaningful, forever and a day, it would have been appropriate for people who recounted the legend to refer to a period of time that was fixed with respect to the agricultural year, or true solar year, not New Year's Day in the civil calendar which they obviously knew was not appropriate reference date with respect to the growing season over many centuries. This, I think, is the weak point of your theory, but I may be wrong.
Mark
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