Why was the Karnak Temple, one of the largest religious complexes in ancient Egypt, built precisely at this location? Recent research highlights an unexpected link between the site's geography ...

Sky goddess Nut is shown covered in stars and arched over the world - not dissimilar to the Milky Way - E. A. Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, Vol. 2 (Methuen & Co., 1904) The ancient Egyptian ...

Astrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper draws on ancient Egyptian texts and simulations to argue that the Milky Way might have ...

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess who protected the earth — personified by her twin and husband, Geb — from the chaos of the great beyond. Each day, she swallowed the sun in the ...

New research shows Karnak Temple rose from an island created by the Nile, reshaping ideas about its origins. The site’s ...

Who knew that ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird facts that continue to puzzle people to this very day?

In the Myth of the Solar Eye, an ancient Egyptian story, Hathor the sky goddess has a regrettable taste for humans, and her blood thirsty instincts need to be dulled. Fortunately for mankind, Bes, the ...