Sothis
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This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington
Brugsch points out that, in certain inscriptions at Denderah translated by Mariette, “the Sothis star of Hathor-Isis is designated as ‘the right eye of Ra’ while the sun is termed the left eye.”
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
Before the Sothis period of the kings, the gods had ruled over Egypt, to whom, therefore, a number of Sothis cycles, naturally more extensive than those given to the rule of men, was allotted.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
This Sothis period commenced either in the year 5702 B.C., or, according to the arrangement of Lepsius, with the year 4242 B.C.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
The history of Egypt must comprise a definite number of Sothis periods.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
