Slowly, scholars are putting together a picture of Egyptian astronomy ... to the netherworld as they wished. Nut is often shown standing in a sycamore tree and providing food and water to the ...

A recent study by an astrophysicist from the University of Portsmouth sheds light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky goddess Nut. Nut is the goddess of the sky, often ...

Nut is often portrayed sitting in a tree, offering food and drink to the birds. From an Egyptian perspective, the migrating birds seemed to follow the Milky Way — they arrived from the northeast ...