I am an associate professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, an honorary associate professor at University College London (UCL), and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. I study different types of transients – astrophysical phenomena that change on human timescales.
Drawing of sky-goddess Nut, held by Shu, arched over her brother, the earth-god Geb. The rising sun sails up her legs in the east before setting down her arms in the west.is an associate professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, an honorary associate professor at University College London , and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.), the Egyptians saw the foreleg of a bull.
I did, however, find a possible link to the Milky Way in the orientation of Nut's arms. The Book of Nut describes Nut's right arm as lying in the northwest and her left arm in the southeast at a 45 degree angle to her body. My simulations of the Egyptian night sky using the planetarium softwareThe Milky Way is not a physical manifestation of Nut. Instead, it may have been used as a figurative way to highlight Nut's presence as the sky.
The ancient Egyptian texts also describe Nut as a ladder or as reaching out her arms to help guide the deceased up to the sky on their way to the afterlife. Many cultures around the world, such as the Lakota and Pawnee in North America and the Quiché Maya in Central America, see the Milky Way as a
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