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Picture No 10052554
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Description Egyptian Sundial
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A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next
Source cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series 'Measurement of Time' (1924)
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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