Beginning of Time ~ End of Eternity – Calendar of Ancient Egypt: 2nd Month of Inundation – Cloth

This episode we discuss the second month of the season of Axt, month of the inundation of the Nile, month of mnxt – cloth. The month of mnxt is most famous for the festival of Opet, which was recently recreated in modern Egypt by the tourism authority to reopen the newly renovated avenue of the Sphinxes between the temples of Amun-Ra and Mut in Luxor.

Books

Documents and Articles

Dawson, W. R. (1926). Some observations on the Egyptian calendars of Lucky and unlucky days. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 12(3/4), 260. Par Ma’adjat – House of Books

Gautschy, R. (2011). Der Stern Sirius im Alten ägypten. Zeitschrift Für Ägyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 138(2), 116–131. https://doi.org/10.1524/zaes.2011.0010

Ulster Linen. (2018, July 17). From flax to linen. Ulster Linen. Retrieved July 29, 2022, from https://ulsterlinen.com/flax-to-linen/