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On the Reconstruction of an Ancient Egyptian Sundial from Archaeological Excavations in the Valley of the Kings
- Authors: Vodolazhskaya L.N.1
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Affiliations:
- V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
- Issue: Vol 46, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 61-74
- Section: From the History of Technology
- URL: https://ruspoj.com/0205-9606/article/view/684641
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0205960625010045
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/CNTSLY
- ID: 684641
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Abstract
The article analyzes hour marking on the ancient Egyptian vertical sundial made of a carved limestone slab, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 2013 by the University of Basel’s archaeological expedition. Calculations are given of the angles between hour lines and noon line for a vertical sundial with an inclined gnomon and it is concluded that the markings on the tiles correspond to the hour markings of the vertical sundial, with a half-hour shift after midday. A hypothesis is proposed and proved concerning simultaneous use of the vertical sundial with an inclined gnomon, similar to that discovered in the Valley of the Kings, and the ancient Egyptian L-shaped sundial.
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Larisa N. Vodolazhskaya
V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Author for correspondence.
Email: vodolazhskayaln@cfuv.ru
Physico-Technical Institute
Russian Federation, Prospekt Vernadskogo, 4, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, 295007References
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