They found the remains inside a 2,200-year-old vase that shows Bes, an ancient Egyptian dwarf god associated with childbirth, ...

Fortunately for mankind, Bes, the deity associated with childbirth and music, is a cunning dwarf. Bes concocts ... Bes was an enduring presence in Egyptian religion, a god whose role shifted ...

There were also two dwarf gods in ancient Egypt; Bes and Ptah. Bes was a protector of sexuality, childbirth, women and children. His temple was recently excavated in the Baharia oasis in the middle of ...

A study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports presents an analysis of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian vase decorated with the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god associated with ...

Researchers explained in the new study that Bes mugs celebrated the Egyptian god by the same name, depicted with big eyes, a wagging tongue, a tail and a crown of feathers, who they worshipped for ...

Bes mugs were decorated with representations of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god frequently depicted as a large-headed dwarf with big eyes, a tail, a crown of feathers, and his tongue sticking out.

Religions freely intermingled in the empire and an image of the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes can be seen on the front of this chariot. How was such a vast empire ruled? Cyrus the Great transformed ...

That was when he noticed, on a list of the museum’s holdings, a cup from the second century B.C. bearing the face of Bes, a notoriously ugly ancient Egyptian god who was fond of revelry.