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25: 🎂 The Timeline of Timekeeping, Origins of Speech, and the Birthday of Birthdays

Let's Learn Everything!

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Is Your Birthday a Birthday?

In ancient Greek culture, it's assumed that the Greeks sort of borrowed this idea from the Egyptians of celebrating gods on specific days. There are then a few sources that start talking about birthdays for normal people starting to emerge. Especially in pagan rituals, where it's believed that people were vulnerable to evil spirits on the day that they were born and then repeating that each year afterwards.

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