Squatting to give birth shown on a relief carving at Kom Ombo Temple on the upper Nile. Number 2912

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A depiction of childbirth in ancient Egpt showing the mother squatting to allow the baby to travel has been said thet all childbirth was usual in this squatting position until King Louis of France wished to observe the birth of his child and asked his wife to lie on her back thus starting a fashionable trend that swept across Europe.

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Size: 3359px × 5020px
Location: kom ombo temple, kom ombo, egypt
Photo credit: © clive thompson egypt collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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