Herman Poole Blount, contrary to some urban myths, didn't claim to be born on the planet Saturn but had purportedly been transported there—and back—in his teens. A life shrouded in mystery, it isn't ...

Ready to press play on 'Ra: The Path of the Sun God' on your favorite screen? Tracking down where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch the Lesley Keen directed movie can be more complicated ...

Few musicians have been as delightfully and fascinatingly weird as Sun Ra. He was born Herman Poole Blount, changed his name to honor the Egyptian god of the sun, believed he was an angelic being from ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient sun god temple in Egypt, which showed signs of being modified into a residential area after a century of use. Excavations at Abu Ghurab, about 16km (10 miles) ...

On June 12, 1971, Sun Ra, jazz piano prodigy from Birmingham, Ala., by way of Saturn — a planet he insists he visited during an alien abduction when he was a child — put a curse on Los Angeles. He was ...

Archaeologists have not only discovered an ancient temple dedicated to the sun god, Ra, but also an establishment that underwent a fascinating transformation in later years. This place of worship from ...

Archeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Egyptian temple where visitors would sky-gaze while on the roof. The building's remains were found at Abu Ghurab, about nine miles south of ...

Sun Ra, the trailblazing jazz musician, poet, and pioneer of the Afrofuturism movement, was also a utopian—both in outer space and here on earth. Known for a persona that mixed cosmic references, ...

Ancient Egyptians practiced mythology and worshiped many gods and goddesses. They had so many gods and goddesses; there are too many to count! I will describe three gods and goddesses; Isis, Osiris, ...

Sun Ra is best known for the extensive archive of recordings he made with his Arkestra, and most Ra enthusiasts are probably first attracted to his work by the sui generis imagination he brought to ...