Egyptian Calendars.
Dr. Etlwuril Mayer, P.rofessor ot Ancient History at tlio University oii Berlin, 'lias been studying afresh the Egyptian calendars on the monuments in the St-ate museum of tho German capital, and has discovered. that tho date B.C. 42-llis frequently cited as that in winch tha early Eigypthm 'asbronomlers first calculated their solar year from tiki rising'of tlic star Siriinn. This is hy far the oldest reliable date .in tho history of the human race. Up fro quite' recently it was supposed that the most ancient civilisation of which real records ihad been found dated from B.C. 3500, being that ol Peru and its earliest known inhabitants.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 July 1910, Page 4
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108Egyptian Calendars. Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 July 1910, Page 4
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