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 ...

An ancient Egyptian burial ground has been unearthed with around 20 tombs kitted out with golden treasures including a gold foil statue of a cat goddess. The group of tombs were discovered by ...

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ancient Egyptian art, not just as helpful ... Bastet, the ...

The goddess was often portrayed as a naked ... Early Depictions of the Cosmos Graur's conclusion based on the Egyptian art examination supports earlier work based on his studies of previous ...

Seventy-one years ago, a schoolboy in Scotland was digging up potatoes as a punishment when he discovered an ancient Egyptian statue — the ... figurine depicting the goddess Isis suckling ...

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 ...

Egypt had female Pharaohs and goddesses so it’s only natural that Egyptian woman should be strongly present in every field. Sculpture,” he said, “is just one.” ...

Several mummified cat remains and deities like the Egyptian goddess Bastet suggest that the furry felines and humans lived alongside each other in the region. However, the exact circumstances ...

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 ...