National Geographic History - 03.2020 - 04.2020

GIVER OF LIFE Large numbers of statuettes were produced in Egypt depicting Isis nursing the child Horus, a pose that underlined the goddess’s sacred role in birth and motherhood. This statue was made sometime in the period between 600

b.c

. and

300

b.c

.

Louvre Museum, Paris GEORGES PONCET/RMN-GRAND PALAIS