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CATEGORIES:Institute of Astronomy Extra Talks
SUMMARY:The Milky Way and the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of 
 the Sky - Or Graur\, Associate Professor of Astrop
 hysics\, University of Portsmouth Institute of Cos
 mology &amp\; Gravitation
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/228793
DESCRIPTION:The ancient Egyptians left us some of the earliest
  records of the night sky\, where they noted the S
 un\, Moon\, planets\, and several constellations. 
 Many of these objects are associated with - or per
 sonified by - certain gods (such as Re and the Sun
 ). Yet how the Egyptians conceptualized the Milky 
 Way remains unclear. In my talk\, I will focus on 
 the popular suggestion that the Milky Way was a ma
 nifestation of Nut\, the Egyptian goddess of the s
 ky. I have tested this theory by combining astrono
 mical simulations of the Egyptian night sky\, read
 ings of ancient Egyptian religious texts (the Pyra
 mid Texts\, Coffin Texts\, and the Book of Nut)\, 
 ancient Egyptian material culture (coffins\, funer
 ary papyri\, and tomb murals)\, and anthropologica
 l studies of Milky Way creation stories from aroun
 d the world. I will show how Nut's depictions chan
 ged over the course of Egyptian history and presen
 t the first visual evidence for the Milky Way in a
 ncient Egyptian art. I will conclude by arguing th
 at the Milky Way was not a manifestation of Nut bu
 t one more astronomical phenomenon that graced her
  body in her role as the goddess of the sky.\n\nOr
  Graur is an associate professor of astrophysics a
 t the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosm
 ology and Gravitation. Alongside his observational
  studies of supernovae and tidal disruption events
 \, Or studies the multicultural mythology of the M
 ilky Way. In this talk\, he will present the resul
 ts of three papers he has written on the subject o
 f the ancient Egyptian Milky Way.\n\nIf you have a
  question about this talk please contact: or.graur
 @port.ac.uk 
LOCATION:Hoyle Lecture Theatre\, IoA 
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