![The sundial from the Valley of the Kings (front facing).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sonnenuhr-titel-300x225.jpg)
Only count your sunny hours …
"Let others tell of storms and showers, I’ll only count your sunny hours" is a phrase that has graced countless poetry albums. Researchers from the University of Basel have now found out that the sundial has been in use for at least 3,200 years.
![Sundial from the Valley of the Kings (from the back).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sonnenuhr-agypten-ruckseite-300x244.jpg)
Shorter and longer hours
![Sundial in St. Georgen monastery at Stein am Rhein. The sundial showed the prayer times in medieval monasteries.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sonnenuhr-kloster-stein-am-rhein-300x195.jpg)
![Polar wand sundial on the façade of Basel Minster.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sonnenuhr-basel-213x300.jpg)
“Sundial country” Switzerland
![High-precision sundial at Muottas Muragl in Samedan, Graubünden.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sine-sole-sileo-300x182.jpg)