Why does a day have only 24 hours?
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Our 24-hour day comes from the ancient Egyptians who divided day-time into 10 hours they measured with devices such as shadow clocks, and added a twilight hour at the beginning and another one at the end of the day-time, says Lomb. ... "Tables were produced to help people to determine time at night by observing the decans.Nov 15, 2011
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The 24-hour day concept comes from the ancient Egyptians. They divided the day into 10 hours with devices like shadow clocks and then added one hour at each end (one for twilight and one at the end of the day). ... A total of 36 decans thus led to 36*10=360 days of a year.
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