A small fragment from a ceramic vessel found at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy's Mugello Valley, showing a woman giving birth to a child phys.org/news/2011-10-a… @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ahencyclopedia @ancientorigins 
Roman relief showing childbirth assisted by a midwife @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ahencyclopedia
Ancient Greek relief showing child birth assisted by a midwife and family members @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ahencyclopedia
Lajja Gauri, the Hindu Goddess associated with abundance, fertility and sexuality shown in a birthing posture. Sandstone statue, ca. 6th century, India (Madhya Pradesh) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajja_Gau… @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Bronze disk headed pin. Curious, weird representation. All the fertility functions ; sexuality, birtgiving and nurturing ...Inanna star converted in 8 petals flower ... surrounded by 2 antelopes Astarte style. Lajja Gauri? Lorestan.1250-650 bc. @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld
This stone slab from the building of bench pillar with the lion, Gobekli Tepe, has a carving depicting a naked woman squatting, probably giving birth. @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Mesopotamia, Ur excavations III, Archaic seal showing woman in a childbirth position @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Akkadian to Old Babylonian relief, 2500-2000 bc. depicting a woman in a birth giving position @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ahencyclopedia
Cylinder seal, 2700-2300 bc. of the Mature Harappa period, Indus
valley civilisation, from a private collection, shows a woman in a birth giving position. @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
valley civilisation, from a private collection, shows a woman in a birth giving position. @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Neolithic talismans (?) in a shape of a woman giving birth, Cerje - Govrlevo, Makedonija, 7th millennium BC @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Neolithic pottery shards, Old Europe. Letter M or stylised woman giving birth, otherwise known as "MAMA"? Or Both?
Neolithic (6ht - 5th millennium BC) Old Europe Vinča culture symbols compared with consequent "alphabets". Letter M is there...@MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
The Idea that the letter M is stylised woman giving birth (MAMA) from "Skopje 8 millenniums ago-the first builders of Cerje-Govrlevo" issuu.com/sonjcemarceva/… @MagicalEurope @TheAncientWorld @ancientorigins
Another source for ancient birth giving images: academia.edu/5246382/Lajja_…
