The Great Harris Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, reign of Ramesses IV, c1200 BC
The Great Harris Papyrus, from Thebes, probably Deir el-Medina, Egypt, reign of Rameses IV, c1200 BC. At forty-two metres, this is one of the longest papyri still in existence from ancient Egypt
Terracotta Fertility goddess, Ishtar (Astarte), Old Babylonian, c2000 BC. Ishtar was the Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, combat, and political power