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The Calendar
99% Invisible
The Discovery of the Year's Length and the Julian Calendar
Learn how the Egyptians discovered the true length of the year through the flooding of the Nile River and how they invented the concept of a leap year. Explore how Caesar introduced leap year and added back the missing days in the Roman calendar.
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