An astrophysicist has simulated the appearance of our galaxy as it would have been seen from Egypt 4,000 years ago.
The massive galaxy that houses our star system, along with hundreds of billions of other stars, appears as a shimmery splotch stretching across our night skies on clear, moonless nights. For an ancient people who were rather obsessed with the cosmos, looking up at the Milky Way may have symbolized a goddess that hangs over the Earth and assists the dead on their journey to the afterlife.
” Graur referred to ancient Egyptian texts, including the Book of Nut, which was originally titled Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars. The text focuses on the movements of the Moon, Sun, planets, and the cycles of the stars. He also used simulations to model what the Milky Way would have looked like from different locations in Egypt 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, as well as how its appearance would change as it rose and set throughout the night, and from one season to the other.
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