A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Echoes

Baalat Gebal, Hathor, Aphrodite and Turan

One god under four names, across The Cradle of Cities, The Gift of the Nile, The Olympian Order and The Etruscan World.

Baalat Gebal, plate
Baalat Gebal baa-lat ge-bal The Lady of Byblos — Mistress of the Cedar Coast The Cradle of Cities
Hathor, plate
Hathor ha-thor Lady of Dendera — goddess of love, music, and the western mountain The Gift of the Nile
Aphrodite, plate
Aphrodite af-roh-dye-tee Foam-Born — goddess of love The Olympian Order
Turan, plate
Turan tu-ran The Etruscan Goddess of Love — equivalent to Aphrodite, mistress of vital force The Etruscan World

Why the sources call them one god

Floor plan

The rooms follow one another in the order their peoples first appear in the written record.

  1. The Cradle of Citiesc. 3400 BCE to 395 CE. 115 works
  2. The Gift of the Nilec. 4000 BCE to 395 CE. 73 works
  3. The Olympian Orderc. 1600 BCE to 750 CE. 152 works
  4. The Persian Worldc. 2000 BCE to 1010 CE. 30 works
  5. The Levantine Borderlandsc. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 20 works
  6. The Edges of Empirec. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. 33 works
  7. The Etruscan Worldc. 900 BCE to 750 CE. 22 works
  8. The Roman Inheritancec. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 58 works
  9. The Northern Inheritancec. 2000 BCE to 1600 CE. 131 works