Explore Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Horus was a fierce and proud Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris, the god of air and the ...
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Re was known as the sun-god and the creator in ancient Egypt. He took on many forms, each depending ...
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Thousands of years ago, Geb was worshipped at the city of Heliopolis in lower Egypt as the ...
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Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess. She was depicted as a giant, naked woman who was supporting ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that
seismic waves can travel through the
Earth and produce
earthquakes?
Did you know that, in Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess Nut married the Earth god Geb, and that the Sun god Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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Research Highlights
A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between...
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