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A woman squatting to give birth accompanied by the cow-faced goddess of fertility, sexuality and childbirth, Hathor. Reprinted from European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 123(1), R. Haimov-Kochman, Y. Sciaky-Tamir, and A. Hurwitz, " Reproduction concepts and practices in ancient Egypt mirrored by modern medicine, " 3–8, 2005, with permission from Elsevier.
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This article will address ancient Egyptians’ knowledge of the childbirth cycle from preconception to
postpartum and the similarities of these practices to modern knowledge and practice. From developing
the first recorded pregnancy test to using the favorable position of squatting in labor, the ancient
Egyptians
exhibited a base of knowledge that mo...
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... newborn has dropped through a hole in the seat and is being caught by a midwife. A similar sculpture located at the Temple of Hathor at Dendera shows a laboring woman in the squatting position being assisted by the two goddesses Hathor and Taweret (see Figure 1; Ashoush & Fahmy, 2006). was used to "release a child from the belly of a woman" and "to cause a woman to begin contraction of the uterus and thereby hasten the birth process" (Nunn, 1996, p. 194). ...
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... newborn has dropped through a hole in the seat and is being caught by a midwife. A similar sculpture located at the Temple of Hathor at Dendera shows a laboring woman in the squatting position being assisted by the two goddesses Hathor and Taweret (see Figure 1; Ashoush & Fahmy, 2006). was used to "release a child from the belly of a woman" and "to cause a woman to begin contraction of the uterus and thereby hasten the birth process" (Nunn, 1996, p. 194). ...
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