Date | Event Type | Speaker | |
04/02/2024 | Astro Seminar | Thales Gutcke [ + ] | |
04/02/2024 | Grad Pheno Journal Club | [ + ] | |
04/03/2024 | ArXiv Discussion | HEP/Pheno Journal Club [ + ] | |
04/03/2024 | HEP Seminar | Taewook Youn [ + ] | |
04/04/2024 | Physics Dept Colloquium | Itai Cohen [ + ] | |
04/05/2024 | HEP Discussion Sessions | Zare [ + ] | |
04/09/2024 | Astro Seminar | Matthew McQuinn [ + ] | |
04/10/2024 | Special Seminar | Or Graur [ -- ] | |
Title: The Milky Way and the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Sky Abstract: The ancient Egyptians left us some of the earliest records of the night sky, where they noted the Sun, Moon, planets, and several constellations. Many of these objects are associated with, or personified by, certain gods (such as Re and the Sun). Yet how the Egyptians conceptualized the sky remains unclear. In a recent paper, I study this question by combining astronomical simulations of the Egyptian night sky, readings of ancient Egyptian religious texts (the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of Nut), and anthropological studies of Milky Way creation stories from around the world. I find some evidence to associate the Milky Way with the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut and argue that the Milky Way was used to illuminate Nut's presence as the sky. (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar) | |||
04/10/2024 | HEP Seminar | Clifford Cheung [ + ] | |
04/11/2024 | Physics Dept Colloquium | Karen Kasza [ + ] | |
04/12/2024 | HEP Discussion Sessions | Zare [ + ] | |
04/16/2024 | Grad Pheno Journal Club | [ + ] | |
04/17/2024 | ArXiv Discussion | HEP/Pheno Journal Club [ + ] | |
04/17/2024 | HEP Seminar | Deog Ki Hong [ + ] | |
04/17/2024 | Cosmic Happy Hour | Tony Zhou [ + ] | |
04/18/2024 | Informal HEP Talk | Thomas Faulkner [ + ] | |
04/18/2024 | Physics Dept Colloquium | John Eiler [ + ] | |
04/19/2024 | Informal HEP Talk | Edward Mazenc [ + ] | |
04/19/2024 | Special Seminar | John Eiler [ + ] | |
04/19/2024 | HEP Discussion Sessions | Zare [ + ] | |
04/22/2024 | CCPP Brown Bag | David Hogg [ + ] | |
04/23/2024 | Astro Seminar | Nikhil Padmanabhan [ + ] | |
04/23/2024 | Grad Pheno Journal Club | [ + ] | |
04/24/2024 | HEP Seminar | T Daniel Brennan [ + ] | |
04/25/2024 | Oral Defense | Nicholas Faucher [ + ] | |
04/25/2024 | Physics Dept Colloquium | David Awschalom [ + ] | |
04/26/2024 | HEP Discussion Sessions | Zare [ + ] | |
04/29/2024 | CCPP Brown Bag | Giovanni Verza [ + ] | |
04/29/2024 | Informal HEP Talk | Trakshu Sharma [ + ] | |
04/30/2024 | Astro Seminar | Anna Suliga [ + ] | |
04/30/2024 | Grad Pheno Journal Club | [ + ] |