Love Deities & The Archaeology Behind Them

This video explores the archaeology of ancient love deities from around the world. A full transcript and additional references can be found here: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeolog...

**As mentioned in the video, there is a range of interpretations, stories, and conceptualizations of all the deities mentioned, and we highlighted only a handful. If there is an aspect of deity or another love deity altogether that you particularly enjoy and would like to share, please let us know in the comments :) **

#archaeology #archaeologist #ancientgoddesses #ancientgods #lovegod #love

// Time Stamps ⏱️
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Aphrodite
01:26 Venus
02:03 Inana & Ishtar
03:40 Freya
04:20 Figurines
04:59 Oshun
05:55 Benten
06:47 Kamadeva
07:27 Xochipilli
09:04 Outro

// Let’s Connect 👋🏾
Personal Website: https://smitinathan.com/
Company Website: https://anthico.com/
Instagram:   / travellingarchaeologist  
LinkedIn:   / smiti-nathan-staudt  
Twitter:   / travellingarch  

// Team 👥
Anya Gruber: www.anyaegruber.com (website) &   / anyagruber   (Instagram)
Noor Hanania: ‪@BarknoorZ‬

// Gear List ⚙️
What I Use To Make My Videos: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeolog...

// Who Am I? 🙋🏾
Hi! I’m Smiti. I've studied and traveled the world doing archaeology for the past 15+ years [yes, I have a Ph.D. in it :)]. While I still do research, I love sharing what we do beyond academic journal articles.

// Acknowledgements 🙌🏾
Thank you to the following folx who helped fact-check previous versions of this video:
Marjorie Burge: https://www.colorado.edu/alc/marjorie...
Erin Villareal:   / erin-villareal-ph-d-868a91146  
Sneh P. Patel:   / sneh-patel-388001141  
Anna Glenn: https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/AnnaG...
Ioana A. Dumitru:   / ioana-andrada-dumitru-5b772179  

Also, thank you to ‪@gabchomp‬, ‪@Florisleest‬, and Ines Lee for helping me brainstorm ideas for titles and thumbnails.