In 1962, after a period of secret looting, the location of a shrine for the Greek Goddess Eileithyia was discovered by the police in south-central Crete at the

The goddess Hera is associated with pregnancy, childbirth, marriage, the home and family, agriculture and vegetation, and military matters. A number of sanctuar

Ancient Egyptian artifacts from a shrine of the Minoan-Greek goddess Eileithyia show relations between the Aegean and Egyptian regions. Scarabs represent offici

It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-rangi