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

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

The deities of ancient Egypt oversaw virtually every aspect of existence, with gods and goddesses representing mundane daily ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...

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

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

The Milky Way may have been painted across ancient Egyptian coffins thousands of years ago—and now, one scientist believes he ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

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

Her body is covered in stars, and there is "a thick, undulating black curve that bisects Nut's star-studded body and recalls the Great Rift that cleaves the Milky Way in two," Graur wrote in the ...

Graur believes that this archway of stars is meant to represent the Milky Way. “I think that the undulating curve… could be a representation of the Great Rift—the dark band of dust that cuts ...