A Catalogue of Ancient Egyptian Sundials Journal Articles

abstract

• Ancient Egypt furnishes us with examples of different types of sundial from the New Kingdom ( c. 1500 b.c.) onward. Some objects that have been described as sundials are better evidenced as time-keeping devices than others. Hypotheses about the development and even the method of using sundials remain controversial in a few cases. New finds also add to our understanding of the development of sundials in Egypt. Here, we describe an attempt to catalogue ancient Egyptian sundials and the results that are emerging from the investigation.

authors

• Symons, Sarah
• Khurana, Himanshi

status

• published 

publication date

• November 2016

has subject area

• 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences (FoR)
• 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields (FoR)

published in

• Journal for the History of Astronomy  Journal

keywords

• Ancient Egyptian sundials
• Arts & Humanities
• Egyptology
• History & Philosophy Of Science
• History & Philosophy of Science
• ancient Egyptian astronomy
• astronomical instruments
• database
• shadow clocks

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0021828616675962

start page

• 375

end page

• 385

volume

• 47

issue

• 4