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

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study suggests.

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study ...

The study focuses on how the Egyptian Sky Goddess Nut has been depicted in several settings over time. The goddess was often portrayed as a naked, star-covered woman arching over the Earth, often ...

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

Geb, an Egyptian god who represents the Earth, is sometimes seen underneath the arched Nut, he wrote in the study. Nut was also associated with all other aspects of the day and night sky.

Various Egyptian gods are either associated with ... Nut is often depicted as a star-studded woman arched over her brother, the earth god Geb. She protects the earth from being flooded by the ...