Sothis
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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 Max Duncker
The more precise fixing of new year's day was accomplished through observation of the time of the so-called heliacal rising of the dog-star, Sirius, which bore the Egyptian name Sothis.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Edward Huntington Williams
Sothic, sō′thik, adj. of or pertaining to the dog-star Sothis or Sirius.—Sothic cycle, or period, a period of 1460 years; Sothic year, the ancient Egyptian fixed year, according to the heliacal rising of Sirius.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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 Albert Pike
After this, according to some authorities, began the period of human rulers; others allotted four Sothis periods, i. e.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
