Art and Health

Mother and Child in Ancient Egypt

Childbirth

A squatting woman giving birth,
assisted by two goddesses (Hathor and Taweret)
Childbirth and Children in Ancient Egypt - Marie Parsons
Tour Egypt
The goddess Ritho giving birth to the god Ra
assisted by midwives
Medicine in Ancient Egypt 2 - Sameh M. Arab
Arab World Books

Breastfeeding

Isis and Horus
Statue of Isis and Horus - Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Isis Lactans
Es war einmal die Geburt : Altes Ägypten und Alter Orient
Geboren im Jahr 2001
Isis Lactans
Es war einmal die Geburt :
Altes Ägypten und Alter Orient
Geboren im Jahr 2001
Isis nursing her son, Horus
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Ancient Egyptian Art
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Isis suckling her sun Horus
Ancient Egypt - History of Horticulture
Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University
Isis suckling Horus in the papyrus swamp
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians - E.A. Wallis Budge
Project Gutenberg

Mother and child

Mother and child
Childbirth and Children in Ancient Egypt - Marie Parsons
Tour Egypt
A woman, supporting a child with her left hand, reaches for a fig
Childbirth and Children in Ancient Egypt - Marie Parsons
Tour Egypt
A baby stayed with its mother, carried in a sling around her neck
Childbirth and Children in Ancient Egypt - Marie Parsons
Tour Egypt

The goddess Taweret

Taweret
Es war einmal die Geburt : Altes Ägypten und Alter Orient
Geboren im Jahr 2001
The goddess Taweret
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Ancient Egyptian Art
Michael C. Carlos Museum
The goddess Taweret
Pharaohs of the Sun
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

 

 
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