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© Erich Lessing
Unlike other commercial products, the patron deity of beer was female. Among her other names, the Egyptian goddess Hathor was known as the “Lady of Drunkenness” (depicted above on a statue from Megiddo).
© Erich Lessing
Unlike other commercial products, the patron deity of beer was female. Among her other names, the Egyptian goddess Hathor was known as the “Lady of Drunkenness” (depicted above on a statue from Megiddo).