In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess who protected the earth — personified by her twin and husband, Geb — from the chaos of the great beyond. Each day, she swallowed the sun in the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Drawing of sky-goddess Nut, held by Shu, arched over her brother, the earth-god Geb. The rising ...

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with the Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study by an astronomer. While ...

Nut’s cosmological vignette on the outer coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet in the collection of Odessa Archaeological Museum OAM 52976 (C107). Nut’s body is covered in stars as well as a thick, undulating ...

An astrophysicist has shed new light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy thousands of years ago. In an "exciting" study published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Or ...

The broad band of opalescent light and dark shadow that crosses the night sky has long fascinated humanity. Today it is known, variously, as the Milky Way, the Silver River, the Birds’ Path. We see it ...

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Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study suggests. In a recent study, astrophysicist Or Graur ...