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Priestesses of Hathor worshipped the Goddess in her main shrine which was known as the temple of Hathor, located near the Nile basin. It is estimated that about four hundred priestesses were employed for her. There, improvement was the greatest during the reign of Pharaoh Menkaure. Archaeologists have unearthed several colourful paintings ...
Priestesses of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (3 P) Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian priestesses" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
In the New Kingdom, priestesses who were the king's daughters or king's wives were referred to as Divine Worshippers of Amun; but from the beginning of the New Kingdom, [11] the Theban cult of Amun used Divine Worshippers of Amun of non-royal blood as female auxiliaries, the "singers of the interior of Amun" (hezyt net khenou in Imen):
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2nd-century AD Roman statue of a Virgo Vestalis Maxima (National Roman Museum) 1st-century BC (43–39 BC) aureus depicting a seated Vestal Virgin marked vestalis. In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame.
She is most famous today for founding a museum in Ur c. 530 BC. Ennigaldi's museum showcased, cataloged, and labelled artifacts from the preceding 1,500 years of Mesopotamian history and is often considered to have been the first museum in world history. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Yoruba people of western Nigeria practice an indigenous religion with a chiefly hierarchy of priests and priestesses that dates to AD 800–1000. [50] Ifá priests and priestesses bear the titles Babalawo for men and Iyanifa for women. [51] Priests and priestesses of the varied Orisha are titled Babalorisa for men and Iyalorisa for women. [52]