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

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

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

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

Scientists have studied an enigmatic mummy from the crypt of an Austrian church and revealed an unusual embalming method and ...

Archeologists believe the Great Sphinx of Giza doesn't represent a mythological creature but an ancient pharaoh.

A study led by the UAB has revealed a practice that history has overlooked for millennia. An interdisciplinary study led by ...

Ancient Egyptians appear to have depicted the Milky Way in their funerary art, according to a new study published in the ...

The glorious river of stars, interwoven with dark dust, that makes up the plane of the Milky Way in the night sky may have ...

The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru ...