The deities of ancient Egypt oversaw virtually every aspect of existence, with gods and goddesses representing ... Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced the galaxy ...

The goddess was often portrayed as a naked ... Although the feature appears to be rare in ancient Egyptian coffin art, it has been seen in other settings. Similar lines run through a star-painted ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...

As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers ... as they were associated with Bes, god of music and childbirth, who was represented as a dwarf and frequently shown dancing.

In the Myth of the Solar Eye, an ancient Egyptian story, Hathor the sky goddess has a regrettable taste ... head that belongs to the Tampa Museum of Art. Alongside teams at the University of ...

One was femininity: in ancient Egyptian art, Wegner said ... "Egyptians thought of their gods as having skin of gold — an untarnishable material," Wegner said. "So, her yellow color might ...

They found the remains inside a 2,200-year-old vase that shows Bes, an ancient Egyptian dwarf god associated with childbirth ... curator of Greek and Roman art at the Tampa Museum of Art and ...

The god to benefit most from all the building ... a person's hopes for paradise in the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians had no word for art and no concept of art for art's sake.

Researchers explained in the new study that Bes mugs celebrated the Egyptian god by the same ... Egyptian rituals. Ancient Egyptian Bes mug displayed at Tampa Museum of Art, Florida.

The goddess was often portrayed as a naked ... Although the feature appears to be rare in ancient Egyptian coffin art, it has been seen in other settings. Similar lines run through a star-painted ...