For the ancient Egyptians, the stars were more than a spectacle; they were essential to life. Astronomy played a key role in ...

The night sky has long captivated the human imagination, and ancient civilizations ... stars and the rhythms of the Nile.

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

In 2024, archaeologists uncovered a scene on the ceiling of the Temple of Khnum in Upper Egypt ... the star Sirius rises. According to Live Science, the discovery sheds new light on the ancient ...

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

This star was (and is) an object of great worship in many cultures around the world. In the middle east the rising of Sirius in the heavens in June coincided with the annual floods of the Nile upon ...

In ancient Egypt, the new year began with the heliacal rising of Sirius, the brightest star, which occurred around mid-July. This event coincided with the Nile's annual flooding, a vital ...

According to the report, a new year in ancient Egypt began when Sirius—the brightest star in the night sky—appeared around mid-July. This coincided with the cyclical flooding of the Nile ...