GODDESS ARCHIVE (partial)
Stèle, Tophet de Carthage, Tunisie,
Photo by Michel-georges bernard,
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Stele with fish and tanit sign, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon,
Photograph by Rama,
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Stela, Museum no. 118787,
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
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Stèle punique à l'effigie de la déesse Tanit, Louvre Museum,
Photograph by Christelle Molinié,
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Tanit symbol in Solunto, Photograph by Dedda71,
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Punic stelae, The Carthage National Museum,
Photograph by Touzrimounir
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Venus of Dolni Vestonice, c. 29,000-25,000 BCE. Source- Petr Novák, Wikipedia
Moravské zemské muzeum (Moravian Museum), Brno, Czech Republic
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Marble Female Figure, Cycladic, 4500-4000 BC,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access Policy, Public Domain
The Venus of Willendorf,
Austria, c. 24,000-22,000 BCE.
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria
Photograph by NHMWien, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Wikimedia
Vénus de Laussel, ou Vénus à la corne : bas-relief retrouvé dans l'abri
Laussel (Dordogne), et arraché de la paroi. Vers 29000-28000 ans AP. Musée
d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux. Photograph by Zunkir, Wikimedia
Terracotta figurine, Cyprus
© The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
Terracotta figurine of a goddess with up-raised arms,
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Openwork plaque of Isis, Amulet depicting the goddess Isis, Wood,
Museo Egizio, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Sheela-na-Gig sculpture found in 1842 in Lavey, County Cavan. It is on display
in the Cavan County Museum, Photograph by Picasa
Sheela na gig from Ireland in the British Museum, Photograph by Jononmac46,
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Christ’s Side Wound, Psalter of Bonne de Luxembourg, ca. 1349,
Jean Le Noir, Wikimedia US, Public Domain
Painted clay artifact from Iraq (c. 1750 BCE) depicting Ishtar. Representation of Inanna/Ishtar at the 'Venerated and Feared' exhibition at CaixaForum in Zaragoza (Spain), December 2024 to March 2025. Lent for the exhibition by The Trustees of the British Museum. Photograph by Piwiki314,
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Fragment of a headless statuette of Ishtar-Inanna. Susa. 2nd millennium BCE.
Light beige terracotta. H. 8.5 cm. Inv. 5416. Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, Marseille.
Photograph by Ismoon, Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
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The goddess Ishtar, winged and wearing a version of the horned cap of divinity. Detail of the Mesopotamian terracotta "Ishtar vase", early 2nd millennium BC. Louvre Museum
© Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5
Furniture inlay with the engraving of the goddess Ishtar. The goddess reveals
her body and holds on her head a star cradled by a crescent moon. From the Ishtar
temple of Mari. 2500-2400 BC. Louvre museum (Paris, France). Photograph by Tangopasso, Wikimedia
Stele with the Tanit sign. Limestone. 3rd century BC.
Louvre museum (Paris, France). Photograph by Tangopaso,
Public Domain, Wikimedia
Stele mentioning offerings to God Baal Hammon and to the Tanit, in Cirta
Museum, Constantine in Algeria, Photo by Reda Kerbush,
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Babylonian Astarte figures, nude, Nordic family book,
Public Domain, Wikimedia
Fired clay plaque showing the goddess Ishtar (Inanna). She wears a horned headdress and a
necklace. The overall depiction is similar to that of the Old-Babylonian's Queen of the Night (Burney) relief. 19th to 17th century BC. From Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany. Photograph by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Wikimedia
Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Babylonian, circa 2000 B.C., Public Domain, Photograph by Staff Photographer, LACMA - The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wikimedia
Ishtar in Kudurru (stele) of King Melishipak I (1186–1172 BC),
Photograph by Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Female statuette, Suse.
Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr
The 8-pointed star, the symbol of the goddess Ishtar. Detail, stele of Bel-harran-beli-
usur, from Tell Abta, west of Mosul, Iraq. 8th century BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul,
Turkey. Photograph by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg),
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Funerary chamber at the Ras ed-Drek Punic necropolis, Photograph by TAKOUTI,
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Tanit – Female fertility deity – Bardo National Museum – Tunisia
Photograph taken by Juan Antonio Ruiz Rivas in July 2005 and released into the public domain.
Pendants in the shape of the "sign of Tanit" found at Ashkelon in modern Israel.
By Camocon, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Venus of Lespugue, mammoth ivory, found in the Grotte des Rideaux (
Lespugue, Haute-Garonne, France ). Dated from the Gravettian, ( Upper Paleolithic, 23
000 years ). Currently in the Musée de l'Homme, in Paris.
KU Leuven. Venus van Lespugue Series
EuroPhot. Archaeology. Prehistoric. Sculptures. Campus Arenberg Hosted Collections, Photography, Digital Heritage Online, Visual Materials, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Seated Goddess figurine, Çatalhöyük, first half of 6th millenium b.c., loren Terra
Cotta, Photograph by Sefer azeri, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Mother Goddess with child, small terracotta, height 8.3 cm. Hacilar, arouond
5500BC. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara. Photograph by Zde,
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Cussac Cave Engraving, Photo: Don Hitchcock, donsmaps.com,
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Artemis of Ephesus, 2nd Century AD.
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Statue of Artemis of Ephesus (Lady Artemis) displayed at the Ephesus Museum,
Selçuk, Turkey. The cult statue features the characteristic multiple breast-like protuberances,
animal friezes on the skirt, and flanking deer. Marble. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Wikimedia
Artemis Ephesus Museum, Turkey, Photograph by Blcksprt,
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Statue of the type of the Artemis of Ephesus. The head, hands and feet
are a modern restoration by Giuseppe Valadier.
2nd Century AD. Farnese Collection. Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic, Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), Wikimedia
Circle of Francesco Vanni, The Virgin,
Queen of Heaven, early 17th century, National Gallery of Art,
Gift of John O'Brien, Open Access Policy,
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Caryatid, Amedeo Modigliani, Photograph by John Dillenbeck,
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
KU Leuven. Drie Venusbeeldjes Series. EuroPhot. Archaeology. Prehistoric. Sculptures. Campus Arenberg Hosted Collections, Photography, Digital Heritage Online, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Archaic Mother Goddess - Terracotta - Circa up to 4th Century BCE - Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery -
Government Museum - Mathura, Photo by Biswarup Ganguly, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Wikimedia
Archaic Mother Goddess - Terracotta - Circa up to 4th Century BCE -
Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery -Government Museum - Mathura.
Photo by Biswarup Ganguly, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Wikimedia
Amlash-style mother goddess, 5 of 5, perhaps Amlash, Northern Iran, Iron Age, c. 1200-900 BC, earthenware - Royal Ontario Museum, Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Amlash-style mother goddess, 3 of 5, perhaps Amlash, Northern Iran, Iron Age, c. 1200-900 BC, earthenware - Royal Ontario Museum, Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Amlash-style mother goddess, 2 of 5, perhaps Amlash, Northern Iran, Iron Age, c. 1200-900 BC, earthenware - Royal Ontario Museum, Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Amlash-style mother goddess, 4 of 5, perhaps Amlash, Northern Iran, Iron Age, c. 1200-900 BC, earthenware - Royal Ontario Museum, Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia
Gospel of Mary, discovered in 1896. P. Oxyrhynchus L 3525,
Papyrology Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. 120-180 AD,
Public Domain, Wikimedia
Caryatids of Erechtheum, Acropolis of Athens, Photo by Jakub Hałun,
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Sednaya Mary, detail, Mosaic depiction of Mary ordering Justinian not to kill her but to build a church on the rock in the background, after having first appeared to him as a gazelle (Convent of Our Lady, Greek Orthodox Church, Sednaya, Syria), Public Domain, Wikimedia
The Mocking of Ceres, print, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hendrick Goudt,
after Adam Elsheimer (MET, 17.50.15-335), Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Open Access Policy, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Anthony van Dyck: Susanna and the Elders,
between circa 1622 and circa 1623
Photograph by Pinakothek, Electoral Gallery Dusseldorf, Wikimedia
Rembrandt: Susanna and the Elders , Rijksmuseum,
Between 1650 and 1652, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Artemisia Gentileschi: Susanna and the Elders, ca. 1630,
The National Inventory of Continental European Painting, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Attributed to Sebald Beham, Susanna and the Elders, Creative Commons 0, pen and ink and wash heightened with white on blue prepared paper, overall: 18.6 x 18.5 cm (7 5/16 x 75/16 in.), Gift of Ian Woodner, 1986.79.1, Wikimedia
The creation of Eve, Michelang. Buonarota P. ; Ant. Capellan sc Abstract/medium: 1 print : engraving ; sheet 231 x 284 mm., 1772, Library of Congress, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Poems; with introd. by Richard Garnett and illus. by Byam Shaw (1904), No Known Copyright, Wikimedia
Mrs. Paul May, wife of miner, in the kitchen of her four room house. She has no running water in the
house. Jewell Ridge Coal Company, Jewell Ridge Mine, Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, Virginia. 8 August 1946. National Archives at College Park. Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
A Chinese lady's feet contrasted with a boy's shoes and a cup, Changde,
Hunan, China, ca.1900-1919, Sanders St. Louis Co, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Susanna and the Elders, Peter Paul Rubens, between 1597 and 1640,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access Policy, Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Big Sandy Housing Camp. Mines at Big Sandy closed and housing now occupied by Exeter Miners. Mrs.
Beulah Wady, wife of miner, with her youngest child in bedroom of their five room house. All electrical wiring is old and unsafe. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. 10 August 1946. National Archives at College Park. Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Mrs. Furman Currington, wife of miner, hangs up laundry in kitchen of her 6 room house which rents
for $15.00 per month and houses 12 persons. Black Mountain 30-31 Mines, Kenvir, Harlan County,
Kentucky. 6 September 1946. National Archives at College Park. Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Mrs. Walter Rose, wife of miner, and her baby. She lives in three room, extremely dirty house. The baby probably has rickets and has never had any other food than powdered milk although he is ten months old. The company doctor has not given Mrs. Rose any instruction as to feeding and care of child. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big Sandy Housing Camp, Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. 10 August 1946. National Archives at College Park,Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Mrs. Hilbert Bargo, wife of miner, in the kitchen of their three room house which they rent for $6 monthly. Big Jim Coal Company, Big Jim Mine, Blanche, Bell County, Kentucky. 4 September 1946. National Archives at College Park, Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Mrs. Phillip Asbury, wife of miner, at the one closet in her four bedroom house. Panther Red Ash Coal Corporation, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell County, West Virginia. 26 August 1946. National Archives at College Park. Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Burning witches, with others held in Stocks
Date 14th century, Public Domain
Mrs. Lincoln Hagg, wife of miner, in the bedroom of her house. This house is estimated to be at
least forty years old. Several years ago the company "remodeled" these old houses and at that time
put on new roofs, jacked up and leveled floors, put cinder block foundation posts under some,
sheetrocked the interiors, put in new windows and painted the exteriors. Panther Red Ash Coal
Corporation, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell County, West Virginia. 26 August 1946. National Archives at College Park, Photograph by Russell Lee, Public Domain, Wikimedia
Burning at the stake. An illustration from an mid 19th century book,
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A manual of gynæcology and pelvic surgery, for students and practitioners (1916), Public Domain, Wikimedia
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