The creation of the Ancient Egyptian Calendar and twenty four hour time had a significant impact on modern societies.

View Paper
ESSAY DETAILS Words: 799
Pages: 3
(approximately 235 words/page)

Essay Database > Literature
The Ancient Egyptian calendar and twenty four hour time has had a significant impact on modern society. The Ancient Egyptians were the first people to make a calendar that was accurate with the Sun and Seasons. The Ancient Egyptians also had devices to calculate the time of the day and night. Over the years other civilisations have made the calendar better. It has taken modern Egyptologists many years to tie together the information from burials, …

showed first 75 words of 799 total
Sign up for EssayTask and enjoy a huge collection of student essays, term papers and research papers. Improve your grade with our unique database!
showed last 75 words of 799 total
…get the calendar we use today. We use calendars for many things such as remembering when to do certain tasks. We should also be thankful to the Egyptians for discovering twenty four hour time which makes our society more organised and punctual. The Ancient Egyptian calendar was only six hours off, which is very good for its time. Without the Ancient Egyptian calendar it would have taken longer to make the calendar we have today.