As the fertility goddess, Ishtar was often associated with eggs, which were seen as a symbol of new life and rebirth. In ancient times, people would decorate eggs in honour of Ishtar and give them ...

How the first excavations in an ancient city are supporting its claim as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world. ... I grew up in the lap of the goddess”—Ishtar of Arbela.

King Ashurbanipal is depicted in the center of the relief (shown here in a 3D reconstruction, with the recovered parts in gray); he is flanked by two supreme deities, Ashur and Ishtar, who are both ...