Ancient Egyptian astronomy and the Milky Way

Welcome to Wednesday public open evenings at Cambridge University Astronomy! Every Wednesday evening during the winter we feature a popular talk about some fascinating astronomy research.

Our talk this week will be "Ancient Egyptian astronomy and the Milky Way", by Dr Or Graur

[sarahhaddockcryptozoo]

This was really interesting but the sound was out of sync with the slides. I luckily listen on the app on the tv and looked at the slides on my iPad.

[jsonwann]

It is fusion of duality, yin and yang, fusion of opposites, male/female represented by nut and geb. At the center, shu represents enlightenment, ( sun above head), when the opposites/duality is balanced.... Fusion of human dual psyche at dawn and dusk, meeting of night/day of light/shadow and center of night ( beneath goddess nut's stomach)

[walt]

Nut is the sky, both day and night, not the Milky Way. Again, Nut is the sky as a concept personalized. You can't think of her as a person. Concepts can take any form. This a Cambridge University UK right?

[NyznTvfk]

Quetzalcoatl is not about venus. it is about Zülkarneyn which is in

[jesusislukeskywalker]

🚬🤓 “spaghettified” ….. 0:30 that’s the actual term 🔭🐥

[redshift]

Please stop saying "um" and "uh". It's distracting and unprofessional. Your important presentation, thoughtful commentary and insightful analyses deserve better than to be polluted with verbal flotsam.