The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs, and the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the first and largest astronomical observatory from 6th century BC — located in Kafr Sheikh, Egypt. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared the remarkable ...

HERBERT CHATLEY has given in a paper on “Egyptian Astronomy” (J. Egypt Archœol., 26, 120; 1940) certain conclusions regarding the various figures found in the Egyptian “celestial diagram”, of which ...

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 ...

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 ...

A SERIES of articles entitled "Man and His Expanding Universe" is appearing in Sky and Telescope, the first of which, in the December issue, deals with Egyptian astronomy. As the life of the Egyptians ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Finds from a suspected ancient astronomical observatory (right) in the 6th century BCE, overlaid ...