The river Nile was life in ancient Egypt, providing a fundamental source of water and fertile silt while simultaneously offering protection and spiritual strength.
Ancient Egyptians monitored the Nile and regulated their daily and annual activities based on its waters.
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The Origin of the Ancient Egyptian Calendar
H. E. Winlock
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Vol. 83, No. 3 (Sep. 10, 1940)
A Brief History of Egypt
By Arthur Goldschmidt
The Global Water Crisis: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook
By David E. Newton
The Politics of Trade: Egypt and Lower Nubia in the 4th Millennium BC
By Jane Roy
The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume A: To 1200
By Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson
Lucan’s Egyptian Civil War
By Jonathan Tracy
Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 1
By Marshall Cavendish Corporation
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