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eminent historians and archaeologists with first-hand knowledge of each site give voices to these silent ruins

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Goddesses and Heroines author-ajit-mookerjee eminent historians and archaeologists withTold afresh for a contemporary readership, Goddesses & Heroines brings alive stories from a variety of cultures with palpable energy. We meet the youthful Aphrodite; Hecate, the maths whizz; the heroic Mulan; Oshun, the Nigerian goddess whose foresight sparked a rebellion that freed slaves; and the not so fair y godmother Baba Yaga, whose bone crunching approach to life will be an inspiration to any power hungry young thing. A section on the symbols