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This is the Alexandrian calendar, proposed in 238 BC and adopted in 25 BC. (Previous Egyptian calendars had a fixed 5 day intercalary festival.) It is still u
by cperciva 13y ago
This is the Alexandrian calendar, proposed in 238 BC and adopted in 25 BC. (Previous Egyptian calendars had a fixed 5 day intercalary festival.) It is still used by the Coptic church and parts of Egypt.