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

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

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

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

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris.

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

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

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

The celestial bodies were associated with several Egyptian deities. The scientist studied 125 images of the goddess Nut (the goddess of the sky) on 555 Egyptian coffins dating back approximately 5,000 ...

With 120,000 artifacts, the Egyptian Museum is a must-visit place. It allows you to look back in history with the real ...