Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection. Or Graur, ...

The ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut as depicted on the coffin of Nesitaudjatakhet. Mykola Tarasenko; Odessa Archaeological Museum, NASU "I think that the undulating curve represents the Milky Way ...

The study’s author, Or Graur, an astrophysics professor at the University of Portsmouth, England examined 125 images of Nut drawn from a list of 555 ancient Egyptian coffins. He was searching for both ...

The blue color of Nut's hair in the coffin painting, Wegner said, had a similar explanation: Ancient Egyptian texts sometimes ...

Various Egyptian gods are either associated with, symbolize, or directly embody certain celestial objects.In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced "Noot ...

After comparing their descriptions with simulations of how the Egyptian night sky looked during those eras, Graur published an initial study in 2024 arguing Nut and the Milky Way were intertwined ...

In a recent study, astrophysicist Or Graur analyzed 125 images of Nut (pronounced "Noot") across 555 ancient Egyptian coffins dating back nearly 5,000 years.

Nut, the Egyptian sky goddess, went beyond representing the firmament above. She was the entire cosmos. Often depicted standing over her brother Geb, the Earth, she appears as a woman covered in ...

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities A beautiful wall painting was also discovered in the burial chamber. The work depicts several Egyptian deities, including Nut the sky-goddess who is ...

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection. Depiction of the ...

Although Nut's hair might appear to stand on end in examples like the British Museum coffin and the one found at Tuna el-Gebel in 2023, Wegner said the ancient Egyptian artists weren't trying to ...