Depiction of the Goddess Nut on the ceiling of the rarely seen embalming chamber at the temple of Hathor, Dendera

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Nut was the sky-goddess whose body created a vault or canopy over the earth, and was both sister/wife of Geb, the god of the earth, and mother of Isis, Osiris, Nepthys and Seth. The ancient Egyptians believed that at the end of the day Nut swallowed the sun-god, Ra, and gave birth to him again the next morning.

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Size: 3264px × 4896px
Location: Dendera, Qena, Nile Valley, Egypt
Photo credit: © Jonathan Little / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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