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Zeus and Hera – A Match for the First Couple of Genesis?

... first mother, the Greeks worshipped her as the goddess of childbirth. We are told in Chapter 2 of Genesis that Eve was ...

Robert Bowie Johnson - 03/12/2019 - 23:06

Passions of Pele: The Hawaiian Goddess of Fire

... of heavens, and Haumea , the goddess of fertility and childbirth, in the mystical land of Kuaihelani. She stayed ...

MartiniF - 23/07/2018 - 15:34

Rare Smiling Sphinx Statue Found in Egypt and it May Depict Emperor Claudius

... music, and dance. She was also associated with motherhood, childbirth, and the sky. The temple is home to the Dendera ...

Sahir - 07/03/2023 - 13:33

Garden of Eden Depicted in Ancient Greek Religious Art

... first mother, the Greeks worshipped her as the goddess of childbirth. Both the Judeo-Christian tradition and the Greek ...

Robert Bowie Johnson - 16/11/2021 - 19:01

Heavily Seasoned: Why did the Ancients Like Salty Wine?

... to cure ailments such as diarrhea and pain during childbirth. However, they also recognized that wine also had ...

Kurt Readman - 26/06/2021 - 19:00

3,000-Year-Old Ovarian Tumor with Teeth Unearthed from Egyptian Tomb

... image of Bes , a deity commonly associated with aspects of childbirth, fertility and protection. A Dream Destination for ...

Sahir - 07/11/2023 - 21:54

Challenges of Infant Mortality in Ancient Egypt: Amulets, Spells and the Divine—Part II

... daughter, who stands inside a pavilion associated with childbirth. Julian Tuffs. By Anand Balaji Challenges of ...

anand balaji - 23/05/2018 - 15:31

Earliest known breast cancer identified in ancient Egyptian skeleton

... died in middle age from infectious diseases, and death in childbirth or childhood was also common. … So it’s not ...

Mark Miller - 26/03/2015 - 20:45

Archaeologists uncover summer palace in Moonlight Garden opposite Taj Mahal

... his third and favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died during childbirth. In their nineteen years of marriage, they had ...

aprilholloway - 07/07/2014 - 23:39

France and England Didn’t Own Chivalry: Have You Heard of the Polish Knight Zawisza Czarny?

... she held until her death in 1399 due to complications from childbirth. Hedwig married the Grand Duke of Lithuania ...

Kerry Sullivan - 18/03/2017 - 00:54

Pirate Queens of the High Seas: Anne Bonny and Mary Read

... from a “fever,” likely caused by infection after childbirth. Anne’s fate remains unclear. She survived childbirth, but there is no record of her execution or ...

Lex Leigh - 18/07/2022 - 22:55

Navigating the Realm of an Aztec Water Goddess and One of the Five Suns

... be a goddess who protected women undergoing the pangs of childbirth, as well as new-born children. A drawing of ...

dhwty - 06/07/2018 - 01:56

Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen of England’s Religious War Period

... as Catherine died in 1548 due to complications of childbirth. Consequently, Lady Jane became a ward of Thomas ...

dhwty - 31/07/2021 - 15:00

Facial Reconstruction Brings People Face-to-Face With Their Ancient Ancestors

... Brighton with an infant in her arms and probably died in childbirth. The Whitehawk woman was tiny, only four foot nine ...

Ed Whelan - 30/01/2019 - 23:01

Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet, Protector of the King

... deities, being the goddess of sex and pregnancy, of childbirth and motherhood. Before the onset of the 22 nd ... role was undoubtedly beneficent – the goddess of childbirth and childbearing. During the later Greco-Egyptian ...

Aleksa Vučković - 05/10/2019 - 22:56