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The uterus was known for several millennia before the ovary was recognized as an anatomic unit. A considerable body of data from antiquity regarding the uterus and menstruation from Sumerian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, and Roman sources has been reviewed by Plaut,4 Ramsey,5 and Ricci.6 The symbolic representation of the Sumerian birth goddess Nintu is shaped like a uterus and the Egyptian hieroglyph SA or ankh depicted on the birth goddess Taurt resembles a uterus (Figs. 1 and 2).4
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Gruhn, J.G., Kazer, R.R. (1989). From Antiquity to George Corner. In: Hormonal Regulation of the Menstrual Cycle. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3496-3_1
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