god of the earth, and held aloft by their father, Shu. A study has shed new light on the role of Nut in ancient Egyptian cosmology. More DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images For most ...

he researched the ancient Egyptian myths about the goddess. Detail from the Greenfield Papyrus (the Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru). It depicts the air god Shu, assisted by the ram-headed Heh ...

This carefully carved ivory one, from the 14th century B.C., depicts the god Shu holding up the celestial vault. White Images/Scala, Florence The ancient Egyptian headrest has a shape reminiscent ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study suggests. Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky ...