Happy Mothers Day

The date 21 March marks the beginning of Spring in Egypt. Good reason for Egyptians to choose the day to celebrate mothers and motherhood, themes that have from time immemorial been close to their hearts. The photo features a statuette of the goddess

Isis nursing her son Horus; the statuette belongs to the Late Period

(664 - 332BC), and is now with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.