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Egyptian astronomy

Summary

Egyptian astronomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Egyptian astronomy is a type of astronomy[2].
  • Egyptian astronomy is a type of archaeoastronomy[3].
  • Egyptian astronomy's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Egyptian astronomy[4].
  • Egyptian astronomy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Egyptian astronomy[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include astronomy[2] and archaeoastronomy[3].

Why It Matters

Egyptian astronomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

archaeoastronomy astronomy Robin Milner

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · JerryAkpan5001 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ancient Egyptian astronomy
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → astronomy, archaeoastronomy
    Aliases → —
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