Tag: Historical Time Measurement
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Ancient Egyptians First Divided the Day into 24 Hours
The ancient Egyptians were trailblazers in timekeeping, becoming the first civilization to divide the day into 24 parts during the New Kingdom period (1550 BCE to 1069 BCE). Their innovative approach to tracking time involved separately monitoring daytime and nighttime, each split into 12 distinct parts. These divisions were not hours as we know them…