Associated with the sun god Ra, and with origins dating back nearly 5,000 years, she protected pharaohs, brought plagues, and healed the sick. Ancient Egyptians both feared and worshipped her for her ...

Jessie Inchauspe is The Glucose Goddess, a French biochemist who has 5.3m Instagram followers, numbers Zoe founder Professor Tim Spector and Davina McCall among her fans, and – in a sign that she’s ...

Roman wall mosaic depicting Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory and mother of the nine Muses. Roman villa of Els Munts, Catalonia, Spain. Credit: National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona, CC0, via ...