One of the world's oldest sun dial dug up in Kings' Valley

Phys.Org ^ | 03-15-13 | Provided by University of Basel

[Red Badger]

Significant find: After thousands of years the Egyptian sun dial was brought back to light. Credit: University of Basel

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Time for a GGG Ping!............

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[Sacajaweau]

That’s lke soooooo cool

[RadiationRomeo]

The segments don’t appear to be all the same size. The section to the right of straight up is wider. I would assume a job as important as grave construction would have a very accurate time piece. So I would guess that this is a ‘cheap’ sundial used by someone other than the foreman. Or the extra fat segment right after noon is the siesta and lunch period (only half joking).

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Cheap? Probably made in China.........

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Or the extra fat segment right after noon is the siesta and lunch period (only half joking).

Maybe it was a union made sundial.........

[Tijeras_Slim]

There’s only 12 segments, how does it work at night?

[Roscoe Karns]

[Red Badger]

You turn it upside down.........

[nothingnew]

The "NEW" Rolex!!

FMCDH(BITS)

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Blam ping

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[nothingnew]

Bwahahaha!.....Where you been Roscoe??

FMCDH(BITS)

[BenLurkin]

Was it still ticking?

[Red Badger]

As surely as the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West..........

[Liberty Valance]

ROFL!

[Vaduz]

Useful for timing an Obama speech.

[PIF]

All New Kingdom stuff. After the fall of the Old Kingdom., the Egyptians lost most of their knowledge. It must have been relatively easy, during the First Intermediary Period, to kill off the few thousand who knew anything at the end of the Old Kingdom.

This stuff is just the leftovers which survived the 1,000 yesrs between the Old and New kingdoms.

[N. Theknow]

Did they check the time to see exactly when it stopped?