Recent content by nathanielsalzman

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    The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way

    If any of you would like actual data from how they built the pyramids, check out the book The Red Sea Scrolls, which details the discovery of records kept in-period that explicitly talk about using boats, canals, and purpose-built pools at Giza to transport and stage the materials used in...
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    Archaeologists find huge, 2,500-year-old Egyptian astronomy observatory

    Hello. Love that this story is getting so much attention. One quick correction: Horus was the son of Isis, not Wadjet. Wadjet served as his protector when he was young while he and Isis were in hiding from Set, who had murdered Horus's father Osiris. Additionally, Wadjet and Nekhbet were not...