Priestess Collection

The Pyhthoness
The Phythoness, was the event of when the Pythia, more commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, would sit on a tripod interpreting her divination

Iphigenia in Tauris
Rescued by Artemis from sacrifice at Aulis, she becomes a priestess on Tauris, but her experience has given her a distaste for human sacrifice and she is unhappy

Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Date: 2014

Egyptian wooden sarcophagus
Inner wooden coffin of Henutmehyt, covered in gold leaf. Decorated with representations of different deities as a winged goddess Nut, the boat of the Sun god and other protective deities

Egyptian gods and goddesses
Statue of an Egyptian god in basalt in the Vatican Museum 1, Egyptian goddess Isis in the Museum of the Profane in the Vatican Library 2, Egyptian deity from the Pantanello in Tivoli 3

Statue of public priestess and matron of the fullers Eumachia. From the building of Eumachia on the east side of the Forum, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by G

Costumes of Egyptian priests and priestesses of Isis from an Egyptian manuscript and bas-relief. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers

GERMAN SACRIFICES
An ancient German priestess from the Jutland region waits with her knife as captured enemies are brought to be sacrificed beneath the sacred oak

Greece - Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - philosopher, citizen, Priest of Ceres, 2 Priests of Bacchus with a female Bacchante in between and a priestess. Date: circa 600 BC

GREECE / ARISTOCRATIC LADY
Aristocratic ladies and a Priestess. Date: circa 500 BC

LEANDER
Leander, the lover of Hero (a priestess of Aphrodite), swims the Hellespont nightly to be with her, as depicted here : but one night he drowns, so she drowns herself too

HERO & LEANDER HERO & LEANDER
Leander nightly swims the Hellespont to be with his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, but one day he drowns and she joins him neath the billowing wave

Great Queens of the Past No 1 - Nefertiti
Nefertiti, Queen of Akhna-ton, pictured officiating as priestess in her own temple in the City of Horizon. The little princes and princesses stand beside the king, who

Kudurru (stele) of King Marduk-zakir-shumi (852-828 BC). An act of donation to a priest of the temple of Eana of Uruk. Mesopotamia. Limestone. Cuneiforme. Babylon exposore. Louvre. Paris

Parthenon. Part of the central section of the east frieze. B
The Parthenon frieze. East side. 447-432BC. Greek Classical period. Part of the central section of the east frieze. Zeus and Hera seated next to a standing man receiving the folded peplos from a

Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess

Minoan Art. The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Painted with scene
Minoan Art. Crete. The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Painted with scenes from Cretan life. Ritual. Bull sacrifice. Woman wearing a crown is carrying two vessels. A man playing a seven string lyre

Minoan Art. Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palac
Minoan Art. Island of Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palace of Knossos. C. 1600 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Greece

DRUIDESS
A Druid priestess wears the traditional white robe, held by buckle and sash : on her head she wears a wreath of the sacred mistletoe

Miko, Shinto temple maidens, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Dressing scene of a priestess. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Herculaneum

Egyptian Mummy in British Museum, London - Adult man
Mummy of an adult man, name unknown. The preparation has been carried out with great care and skill by the embalmer, and the rounded

Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - Hentmehit
Inner Mummy Cover with portrait face for the mummy of the lady Hentmehit, a priestess of Amun-Ra, chief deity of the Egyptian Empire

Giulia Grisi in the role of Adalgisa
Giulia Grisi, Italian opera singer, in the role of the priestess Adalgisa in Bellinis Norma. circa 1830s

Priestesses of the goddess Vesta. Colored engraving
Priestesses of the goddess Vesta in the temple. Engraving. Colored

Priestesses of the goddess Vesta in the temple. Engraving

Stele about priestess Takerseb. 332-30 BC. Limestone. Egypt
Stele about priestess Takerseb making offerings to the Gods (from right to left) Osiris, Min, Horus, Anubis, Isis and Metis. Ptolemaic Period. 332-30 BC. Limestone. Detail. Egypt

Robed head of a priestess of the goddess Athena. Pergamon
Robed head of a priestess of the goddess Athena. 117-138 BC. Found in the Byzantine wall of Pergamum. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Head of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. 100-20 AD
Head of statue of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. Marble. 100-20 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Madama Lucrezia roman bust
Madama Lucrezia. Roman colossal bust, possible representation of the Goddess Isis. Saint Mark Square. Rome. Italy

Cinerary urn with reliefs depicting Heracles (Hercules) beginning in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Detail. White marble. From the columbarium near Porta Maggiore

Funerary monument. Tomb of Rabiri. Relief of priestess of I
Roman Art. The Appian Way. Funerary monument. Tomb of Rabiri. Relief of priestess of Isis. 1st century A.D. Rome. Italy

Drusus Meets Priestess
Drussus, having reached the Elbe, is threatened by a German priestess Date: 9 BC

Spirit of Cyprian Priestess
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

Vestal Virgins, priestesses of Vesta, conducting a ritual offering in the sacred flame.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Two Roman Vestal Virgins, priestesses of Vesta.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Two Roman men wearing the dalmatic (tunic) and lorum (sash), and a priestess of the goddess Isis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Egyptian woman with sistrum and simpulum, and priestess with statue of Harpocrates.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Turkish-style bonnet with diadems and high-priestess bonnet.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885

Nikko priestess - Japan - priestess in red and white robes. Date: 1952

Cleobis and Bito drawing their mother to the Temple
" Drew their mother to the Temple" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Scandinavian Pagans
Druid priest (drotte) and priestess (fola), of Denmark or Sweden equivalent to the Druids in Britain

Carthage Priestess Dance
Fragment of a mosaic depicting a priestess of Carthage performing a ceremonial dance before the altar of a deity; she is holding an instrument similar to castanets

HIRTIA, Egyptian seer, daughter of Sesostris, priestess of Serapis who foretold Egyptian victories

Greece / Aristocratic Lady
Three Greek women - the one on the left is a priestess

Bernhardt / Iseyl 1903
SARAH BERNHARDT French actress in Iseyl

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