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Portrait Name and Role Period of Activity Region of Origin Description and Legacy Thecla (Disciple of Paul the Apostle) : fl. 30 CE Iconium: Thecla, featured in The Acts of Paul and Thecla, is celebrated for her celibacy, preaching, and advocacy for equality.
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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.
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.
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 ...
Helen Thorne (2000). Journey to priesthood: an in-depth study of the first women priests in the Church of England.Centre for Comparative Studies in Religion and Gender, University of Bristol.
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):