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A comment on 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why people missed work. Parent comment

Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by devman0 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:45PM (#31173572)
I'd heard this was because July and August (for Julius and Augustus) were added later to the calendar and originally there were only 10 months that started with January.
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by layer8 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @06:11PM (#31173800)
I believe those were merely renamed, and the original year was 10 months from March to December, with a nondescript “winter” period between December and March.
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