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aug 12, 3000 BC - Egyptian Calendar Begins

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Egyptian pyramid of Cheops at Gizeh near Cairo includes a tablet recording mythical explanation of extra five days added to Egyptian calendar of 360 days. Thoth, god of night, gambled with the moon, winning five new days to add to the calendar, outside the jurisdiction of Ra, the god of creation.

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Date:

aug 12, 3000 BC
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~ 5029 years ago