An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was uncovered recently during a temple dig in the old capital of lower Egypt. The mud-brick temple building ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the first and largest astronomical observatory from 6th century BC — located in Kafr Sheikh, Egypt. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared the ...

These engravings, along with symbols such as "chen," "cent," and "Benu," which relate to time and astronomy, suggest that the observatory played a crucial role in ancient Egyptian efforts to ...

This, according to researchers, was used by Egyptian astronomers and priests to take measurements of the sun’s inclination. Other rooms are believed to have stored additional tools, while ...

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs, and the ...

HERBERT CHATLEY has given in a paper on “Egyptian Astronomy” (J. Egypt Archœol., 26, 120; 1940) certain conclusions regarding the various figures found in the Egyptian “celestial diagram ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop ... The study focuses on how the Egyptian Sky Goddess Nut has been depicted in several settings over time. The ...

Temple astronomers of that era performed their work at an unstable time, during the transition to the late phase of Egyptian pharaonic power in which many foreign rulers took the throne.