The Divine Calendar of Ancient Egypt (Re-Release)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 166 minutes

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Summary

The Deified Dozen. The ancient Egyptian calendar had its origins in lunar traditions (following the moon), but later transitioned to a 365-day solar system. Over the course of twelve months, the Egyptians marked three major seasons and honoured many deities. Festivals to goddesses and gods brought pageantry and partying to the temples. People honoured the great deities, and they sought to unify the world of nature with that of the living, and sometimes even the dead... Music "Hymn to Hathor" by Ancient Lyric www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. Music interludes by Keith Zizza and Luke Chaos. References, images, and details for various episodes at https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/all-episodes/mini-episodes/ Individual episodes: Month 1 Tekh: Mini Episode: The Egyptian New Year – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 2 Opet: Mini Episode: Opet Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 3 Hathor: Mini Episode: Hathor Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 4 Khoiak: Mini Episode: Khoiak Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 5 Ta-Abet: Mini Episode: Banquet Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 6 Great Heat and Month 7 Small Heat: Mini Episode: Festivities of Heat – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 8 Pa-Renenutet and Month 9 Pa-en-Khonsu: Mini Episode: Onion Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 10 Khent-khety and Month 11 Ipet-Hemet: Mini Episode: Flower Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Month 12 Wepet-Renpet and the five extra days Heriu-Renpet: Mini Episode: Birthday Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello folks. Dominic here. Thank you to everyone who's messaged me about my intended break
0:09.2	over the rest of December and January. I appreciate all of your kind words and support.
0:14.4	To fill the gap during my absence, I thought I might re-release a few mini episodes.
0:19.4	This is content that I've published over the years, but I have never really revisited
0:23.6	or done anything with, and I realise that many people have probably never heard it. There
0:28.1	are a lot of episodes on the history of Egypt podcast, so this is stuff you may have missed.
0:32.8	First up, we have an episode about the Egyptian calendar, the various festivals and feasts that
0:38.5	they celebrated through the years, and how they arranged and conceptualised the different
0:43.1	months. I hope you enjoy these re-released episodes, and I will see you very soon. Thank
0:48.6	you for listening. Cheers.
0:58.1	Hello, and welcome to a history of Egypt podcast, mini episode.
1:27.9	New years festivities. Welcome back. How was your new year? I hope it went well, that you
1:34.6	did something you enjoyed, and that you took some time to reflect on what you achieved
1:38.6	in 2016, and what you'd like to achieve in 2017. One thing I want to achieve is a more
1:46.4	comprehensive look at the Egyptian calendar and their year in a religious sense. It's
1:52.3	something I've touched on only briefly, because until this year I've been running through
1:57.0	time periods that don't leave a wealth of evidence on the subject. Well, now our sources
2:03.2	are beginning to multiply, and I feel I'm at a place in the story where I can tell you
2:07.7	something meaningful. So, for the next 12 months, I'm going to be releasing a new mini episode
2:14.5	every month about the Egyptian religious year, festivals, dates, celebrations, all that
2:20.5	jazz. Today's little episode takes a look at the all-important first month of the Egyptian
2:38.1	New Year, the month called Tech. Sometimes it's called Thoth, or Thoot, depending on the
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