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 ...

Inanna, also known as Ishtar, is an ancient goddess associated with the planet Venus (Creative Commons/Wikipedia) Inanna, a celestial goddess, rules over the sky.

Archaeologists have unearthed fragments of a stone monument depicting the Ishtar – the goddess of love and war – in Nimrud, one of the heritage sites severely damaged by Islamic State (ISIS ...

Specialists from the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, working with the Iraqi team, discovered a large stone monument with the image of the goddess Ishtar in the ...