... the night skies. One of the Ancient Egyptians" greatest achievements was their creation of a calendar. It is very close to the one we use today. They set the beginning of the year on the day the Nile began to rise because that was the most important event to them, and Astronomers noticed that the Nile's rising happened at the same time the brightest star in the sky (Sirrus, the Dog Star) rose with the sun. By counting the number of ... clarinets. The early Egyptians are alike in many ways as the Egyptians of today. Those who now live beside the Nile are descended from those who settled in...

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