As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

The “elegant” face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the ...

The 'elegant' face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the ...

Or Graur, associate professor of astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth, analyzed 125 representations of Nut. These paintings, dating back 5,000 years, reveal previously unknown details about ...

But the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced “Noot”) had one of the most important roles. Nut literally stood over her earth god brother, Geb, protecting him from the void’s floodwaters.

The Egyptian pantheon is full of deities, so narrowing down this list took some work. While some notable names were left off the list, such as Horus, Osiris, and Isis, these gods and goddesses ...

Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life. So much so, in fact, that there are said to be over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon. And while a select few of these mythical ...

Pele – Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes Prometheus – Greek Titan and god of fire Ra – Egyptian god of fire and the sun Shango – Yoruba god of fire, thunder, and lightning Vulcan – Roman god of ...

Slowly, scholars are putting together a picture of Egyptian astronomy. The god Sah has been linked to stars in the Orion constellation, while the goddess Sopdet has been linked to the star Sirius.