A Catalogue of Ancient Egyptian Sundials

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 …