The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented a new theory about their purpose ...

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

Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat Wye, was one of the most significant. Sometimes seen as a distinctive ...

According to ancient Egyptian religion, Osiris ... Egyptian gods were a significant part of Tutankhamun’s story. His father had rejected polytheism in favor of worshiping the sun, but when ...

A recent article published in the Journal of Egyptian ... gods were needed. The mud trays are now thought to be part of a wider funerary ritual, which both invoked the god Osiris and permitted ...

offering them instead as objects used in the funerary rites of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife. On a practical level, if the clay troughs were supposed to functions as stands ...

A recent article published in the Journal of Egyptian ... Amun and the other gods was set in motion. The cult centre of Amun at the Temple of Karnak regained its status. The name of Akhenaten and his ...

On the right, the setting sun descends down her arms into the waiting hands of Osiris ... NASU In Egyptian belief, Nut shielded the earth god Geb and guided the sun’s daily journey across ...

“[Tutankhamun’s] burial chamber appears to have been arranged to recreate a funerary rite later known as the ‘Awakening of Osiris,’ in which Horus (a major ancient Egyptian deity ... resurrection of ...

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