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How did the ancient Egyptians celebrate the new year?


How did the ancient Egyptians celebrate the new year?

How did the ancient Egyptians celebrate the new year?

The lack of a leap year meant that, over time, Wepet Renpet "wandered across the climatic seasons,"Juan Antonio Belmonte, a researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands who has written extensively about the calendar system of ancient Egypt, told Live Science in an email.