EditorialGuo Meiyan and her husband before an in vitro fertilization procedure (IVF) at Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, on Nov. 23, 2022. (Andrea Verdelli/The New York Times)
EditorialBronze tripod hung with pomegranates-a symbol of fertility reminiscent of the decorations of the Solomonic temple in Jerusalem. From Ugarit, Syria. Late Bronze H: 12 cm, 14,3 cm across AO 11606.
EditorialBronze tripod hung with pomegranates-a symbol of fertility reminiscent of the decorations of the Solomonic temple in Jerusalem. From Ugarit, Syria. Late Bronze H: 12 cm, 14,3 cm across AO 11606.
EditorialFrog Pendant, 4th?8th century, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Jadeite, H. 2 x W. 1 9/16 x D. 7/16 in. (5.1 x 4 x 1.1cm), Stone-Ornaments, The color of Mesoamerican jade, often called greenstone, ranges from a near white to a deep blue green. Associati...
EditorialItaly. Sardinia. Nuragic civilization. Figurine of a woman with her dead son or Goddess of fertility. Bronze. 9th-8th century BC. From Da Domu'e Orgia (Urzelei). Archeological Museum of Cagliari.
EditorialIdol of Chillaron. Quartzite. Their faces are etched schematic anthropomorphic representations on one side, the female and male on the other, related to fertility cults and rituals. Chronology, Bronze Age 1, III-II millennium BC. Archaeological Museum ...
EditorialKero. Drinking wooden vessel. Kero in the form of a human head with figurative motifs related to the Inca. It was used to offer liquids in certain rites associated with fertility. Wood. Inca civilization (1400-1533 AD). Cuzco, Peru. Museum of the Ameri...
EditorialStatuette of a bull. Bronze. Celtic culture iberized. 2nd century BC. Possibly it is an embodiment of the forces that foster fertility. From Cabezo de Alcala, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialSculpture depicting a female fertility deity. Late 1st century BC - Early 1st century AD. Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine.
EditorialThree figurines of nude women, the traditional mother-and fertility goddess, but strongly influenced by Hellenism. Babylon, Seleucid period. Alabaster, the center figurine has garnets in eyes and navel. H: 23-25 cm, AO 20132, 20127, 22994.
EditorialDesign for Salt Cellars, from Dessins d'orf?vrerie (Designs for Metalwork), Ren? Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, Pierre Milan, French, 1500 - 1557, Engraving on laid paper, Fontainebleau school. Design for two salt cellars. The base of the left salt cella...
EditorialChaya Rothschild, an andrologist at Maze Health, extracts sperm from an ejaculate sample in a process called extended sperm search and microfreeze in New York, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times)
EditorialChaya Rothschild, an andrologist at Maze Health, extracts sperm from an ejaculate sample in a process called extended sperm search and microfreeze in New York, Sept. 28, 2022. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times)
EditorialPlant mosaic. 4th century AD. It adorned the antechamber to a reception room at a country villa. The plant motifs, garlands and dolphin, symbolise the abundance and fertility of nature. From Villa of Soto de Ramalete (Tudela, Navarre). National Archaeo...
EditorialMarble female figure, Final Neolithic, 4500?4000 B.C., Cycladic, Marble, H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous, characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks, and is undoubtedly indicat...
EditorialDavid Berry, who learned that he had at least 10 half brothers and sisters through the same donor, his mother’s fertility doctor, at his home in Miami, Sept. 15, 2021. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)