An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

Artistic depictions of the Ancient Egyptian god Nut reveal an awareness of the Milky Way galaxy.

A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

In ancient Egypt, the goddess Hathor was not only known for her powers over love and fertility, but also for her close ...

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

The secret inscriptions on the 3,300-year-old monument were meant only for the eyes of Egyptian nobility under specific ...

Scientists found clues in old boxes of bones that may explain why most large mammals vanished in the last 60,000 years.

Nut was considered the protector of Earth, symbolized by the god Geb. Her connection to the ... She was often depicted as a woman arched over the Earth, her body covered in stars. The Egyptians ...

However, Horus eventually triumphed and regained the Egyptian throne. Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom and healing ... B.C. Also Read | 27-year-old woman has lived without fruits and ...