A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent the earliest visualization ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

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

A new study reveals that ancient Egyptian coffins contain star maps matching the Milky Way, offering insight into their ...

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

A new study suggests that ancient Egyptians may have captured the Milky Way in their artwork more than 3,000 years ago, potentially offering our galaxy's earliest-known visual representation.

The fascination with figuring out the part that the Milky Way may have played in the culture and religion of ancient Egypt ...

This object, initially discovered in 2008 by NASA’s Swift observatory, is one of the 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way, but its behavior challenges conventional theories about their formation. Worse ...