Yair Whiteson, 13, was hiking with his father near an Israeli quarry when he discovered a nearly two-millennia-old ring engraved with the image of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and battle.

Much like the Vestal Virgins, these goddesses were at once utterly important and easily dismissed. Like Ishtar, the god of both sex and war, they represent “seemingly contradictory qualities ...

Aron Pinker, Descent of the Goddess Ishtar to the Netherworld and Nahum II 8, Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 55, Fasc. 1 (Jan., 2005), pp. 89-100 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and ...

Fighting Goddesses and their Relevance to Modern Carnivore Women Ishtar was not only the basic model for Aphrodite, as a goddess of love and fertility, but she was also a great goddess who ...