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Ancient River Valley Civilisation: Egypt — Question 4

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Question 4

State two features of the Egyptian calendar.

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Two features of the Egyptian calender are:

  1. The ancient Egyptian calendar had a year that was 365 days long.
  2. The Egyptian civil calendar was divided into 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 extra days at the end of the year for the celebration of religious festivals.