Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara ...

Archaeologists from the University of Houston working at Caracol in Belize, Central America have uncovered the tomb of Te ...

A deep dive into the Egyptian gods and goddesses (their characteristics, myths, and symbols) who held significant sway over the lives of ancient Egyptians.

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection.

Nut, the Egyptian sky goddess, went beyond representing the firmament above. She was the entire cosmos. Often depicted standing over her brother Geb, the Earth, she appears as a woman covered in ...

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

S tarry 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 ...

In these depictions, Egyptian goddess Nut can be seen arching over the Earth god Geb, forming the sky. With her hands and feet touching the horizon, her body forms a protective dome over the world.

On an ancient Egyptian coffin lid painted more than 3,000 years ago, the sky goddess Nut arches over the dead. Her naked body, covered in stars, stretches protectively from foot to fingertip. But in ...

But the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced “Noot”) had one of the most important roles. Nut literally stood over her earth god brother, Geb, protecting him from the void’s floodwaters.

The deities of ancient Egypt oversaw virtually every aspect of existence, with gods and goddesses representing mundane daily activities all the way up to the cosmos itself. But the sky-goddess Nut ...