Egyptian Religious Calendar: CDXVII-CDXVIII Great Year of Ra (2017CE)

The Complete Egyptian Religious Calendar for the year 2017: the most comprehensive publication of the lists of the festivities of the Egyptian Religious Tradition (dated for the year 2017). A practical application of the Egyptian Religious Calendar for the current age. The sources used to reconstruct the Religious Calendar and for the dating of the Sacred Festivities are: - the “Cairo Calendar n. 86637”; -the “Sallier papyrus IV”; - the list of the religious celebrations dated to the Middle Kingdom; and the lists of the Sacred Festivals from the Temples’ Religious Calendars: - the religious calendar of King Thutmosis III from Ipet-Sut (the Precinct of Amon-Ra at Uaset-Thebes, "Karnak"); - the Temple of King Thutmosis III at Elephantine; - the Temple of King Ramses II at Abydos; - the Temple of Millions of Years of King Ramses III, West Uaset ("Medinet Habu"); - the Temple of Horus at Behdet ("Edfu") - the Temple of Hathor at Nitentòre (Dendera); - the Double Temple of Haroeris and Sobek at Ombos ("Kom Ombo"); - the Temple of Neith and Khnum at Iunyt ("Esna"). Contents: -Preface -Egyptian Religious Calendar, List of the Festivities for the year 2017, CDXVII-CDXVIII Great Year of Ra -the Egyptian Religious Calendar: the Calendars of Ancient Egypt; the Civil Calendar; the Sothis-based Lunar Calendar, the Lunar Months, the Feasts of the Lunar days, their presiding Deities, and the Gods of the Lunar days; Sources; Favorable and adverse days