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** Regnal dating, combined with the loss of historical records for ''entire periods of reign'' makes the [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory Egyptian dynastic timeline]] a matter of ''extremely'' hot debate in Egyptology circles. While some gaps are simply due to the loss of records over time, others are due to various pharaohs [[UnPerson purging the official records of any mention of their rivals or predecessors, and deliberately destroying or defacing monuments]]. It also doesn't help that the Egyptians had a strong aversion to--bordering on a taboo against--stating the date or circumstances of royal deaths in the annals and the royal funerary texts and inscriptions.[[note]]They usually didn't even depict the funeral in the extensive tomb decorations. Generally, the depictions would jump from "the deceased doing the awesome stuff they did in life" to "the deceased's journey from this tomb to the afterlife" without any details about how they got from the awesome stuff to the tomb. UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}'s tomb is ''very'' unusual for showing his successor Ay presiding over his funeral.[[/note]] Thus what would be a pretty normal, even standard, entry in the annals of most other historical monarchies--something along the lines of "His Majesty died on the twenty-sixth day of the third month of the thirty-fifth year of his reign of [[Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat a surfeit of palfreys]]"--would be a marvelous find (suspiciously marvelous, in fact) for an Egyptologist.
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** Regnal dating, combined with the loss of historical records for ''entire periods of reign'' makes the [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory Egyptian dynastic timeline]] a matter of ''extremely'' hot debate in Egyptology circles. While some gaps are simply due to the loss of records over time, others are due to various pharaohs [[UnPerson purging the official records of any mention of their rivals or predecessors, and deliberately destroying or defacing monuments]]. It also doesn't help that the Egyptians had a strong aversion to--bordering on a taboo against--stating the date or circumstances of royal deaths in the annals and the royal funerary texts and inscriptions.[[note]]They usually didn't even depict the funeral in the extensive tomb decorations. Generally, the depictions would jump from "the deceased doing the awesome stuff they did in life" to "the deceased's journey from this tomb to the afterlife" without any details about how they got from the awesome stuff to the tomb. UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}'s tomb is ''very'' unusual for showing his successor Ay presiding over his funeral.[[/note]] Thus what would be a pretty normal, even standard, entry in the annals of most other historical monarchies--something along the lines of "His Majesty died on the twenty-sixth day of the third month of the thirty-fifth thirty-sixth year of his reign of [[Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat a surfeit of palfreys]]"--would be a marvelous find (suspiciously marvelous, in fact) for an Egyptologist.
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** Regnal dating, combined with the loss of historical records for ''entire periods of reign'' makes the [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory Egyptian dynastic timeline]] a matter of ''extremely'' hot debate in Egyptology circles. While some gaps are simply due to the loss of records over time, others are due to various pharaohs [[UnPerson purging the official records of any mention of their rivals or predecessors, and deliberately destroying or defacing monuments]]. It also doesn't help that the Egyptians had a strong aversion to--bordering on a taboo against--stating the date or circumstances of royal deaths in the annals and the royal funerary texts and inscriptions.[[note]]They usually didn't even depict the funeral in the extensive tomb decorations. Generally, the depictions would jump from "the deceased doing the awesome stuff they did in life" to "the deceased's journey from this tomb to the afterlife" without any details about how they got from the awesome stuff to the tomb. UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}'s tomb is ''very'' unusual for showing his successor Ay presiding over his funeral.[[/note]] Thus what would be a pretty normal, even standard, entry in the annals of most other historical monarchies--something along the lines of "His Majesty died on the sixth day of the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year of his reign of [[Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat a surfeit of palfreys]]"--would be a marvelous find (suspiciously marvelous, in fact) for an Egyptologist.
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** Regnal dating, combined with the loss of historical records for ''entire periods of reign'' makes the [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory Egyptian dynastic timeline]] a matter of ''extremely'' hot debate in Egyptology circles. While some gaps are simply due to the loss of records over time, others are due to various pharaohs [[UnPerson purging the official records of any mention of their rivals or predecessors, and deliberately destroying or defacing monuments]]. It also doesn't help that the Egyptians had a strong aversion to--bordering on a taboo against--stating the date or circumstances of royal deaths in the annals and the royal funerary texts and inscriptions.[[note]]They usually didn't even depict the funeral in the extensive tomb decorations. Generally, the depictions would jump from "the deceased doing the awesome stuff they did in life" to "the deceased's journey from this tomb to the afterlife" without any details about how they got from the awesome stuff to the tomb. UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}'s tomb is ''very'' unusual for showing his successor Ay presiding over his funeral.[[/note]] Thus what would be a pretty normal, even standard, entry in the annals of most other historical monarchies--something along the lines of "His Majesty died on the sixth twenty-sixth day of the fourth third month of the twenty-fifth thirty-fifth year of his reign of [[Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat a surfeit of palfreys]]"--would be a marvelous find (suspiciously marvelous, in fact) for an Egyptologist.
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* Partially justified in ''Galaxias'' by Creator/StephenBaxter: the event in 2056 where the Sun was removed from the solar system for about a day has resulted in the Earth's orbit taking longer, so of course the calendar needs to be reformed to reflect a longer year. The fact the English Restructionalist Calendar begins a new count with the Blink occurring in Year 1 is more controversial.
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* Years in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' are numbered from [[WorldSundering the Cataclysm]].
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* Years in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' are numbered from [[WorldSundering the Cataclysm]]. The Fifth Age has a new calendar, numbered from the ''Second'' Cataclysm in 384 AC.
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** The shift from the [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Julian]] to the [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Gregorian]] calendars took place among Roman Catholics in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance the 16th century]], but was not commonly adopted among non-Catholics until about [[TheCavalierYears the 18th]] [[note]]Isaac Asimov, in one of his essays, said that the Protestant countries would rather be wrong than be set right by the Pope[[/note]], leading to a difference of some eleven days. This is why some dates like UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's birthday will appear as February 11 (O.S.)[[note]]Old Style[[/note]] and February 22 (N.S.)[[note]]New Style[[/note]], and why [[Literature/DonQuixote Miguel de Cervantes]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare died on the same date (April 23, 1616), eleven days apart. Russia held out into the early 20th century, not adopting the Gregorian calendar until after the communist revolution. Hence, the October Revolution actually took place in November. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar, which is why Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th.
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** The shift from the [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Julian]] to the [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Gregorian]] calendars took place among Roman Catholics in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance the 16th century]], but was not commonly adopted among non-Catholics until about [[TheCavalierYears the 18th]] [[note]]Isaac Asimov, in one of his essays, said that the Protestant countries would rather be wrong than be set right by the Pope[[/note]], leading to a difference of some eleven days. [[note]]Most protestant countries changed shortly before 1700, which, unlike 1600, would have had one more day on the Julian side and thrown all familiar conversions off track.[[/note]] This is why some dates like UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's birthday will appear as February 11 (O.S.)[[note]]Old Style[[/note]] and February 22 (N.S.)[[note]]New Style[[/note]], and why [[Literature/DonQuixote Miguel de Cervantes]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare died on the same date (April 23, 1616), eleven days apart. The common german phrase "inbetween the years" for the time between Christmas and New Year stems back from the habit to simply write both dates in all documents, as in the next village, the other one might be in use. Russia held out into the early 20th century, not adopting the Gregorian calendar until after the communist revolution. Hence, the October Revolution actually took place in November. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar, which is why Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th.
