Sothis

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With regard to the reign of Rameses II., he refers to the festival of the Sothis period which was celebrated in the thirtieth year of his reign.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Sothis, the Dog Star, fixed the beginning of the Egyptian New Year,   467-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

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

The Egyptians called it Sothis, and regarded it as the star of Isis, just as the Babylonians deemed the planet Venus the star of Astarte.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

The history of Egypt must comprise a definite number of Sothis periods.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max