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The torch was then handed over from the high priestess to a torchbearer, beginning the long journey which will span over 3,000 miles as the torch makes its way to Paris for the start of the 2024 Olympics on July 26.
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Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
On Valentine’s Day in 2022, amid a tour of Los Angeles and meal after meal with celebrities like Shaquille O’Neil and Orlando Bloom, the high priestess of fashion pitched Bankman-Fried on coming to and sponsoring the gala.
—Byben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 2 Oct. 2023
Enheduanna’s name was likely taken on when the princess became the high priestess to Inanna, the powerful Sumerian goddess.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
An Akkadian high priestess of the moon god Nanna from the third millennium B.C., Enheduanna had been seized by raiders, likely raped, and then miraculously saved and restored to power.
—Douglas Smith, WSJ, 26 June 2023
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Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
On Valentine’s Day in 2022, amid a tour of Los Angeles and meal after meal with celebrities like Shaquille O’Neil and Orlando Bloom, the high priestess of fashion pitched Bankman-Fried on coming to and sponsoring the gala.
—Byben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 2 Oct. 2023
Enheduanna’s name was likely taken on when the princess became the high priestess to Inanna, the powerful Sumerian goddess.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
An Akkadian high priestess of the moon god Nanna from the third millennium B.C., Enheduanna had been seized by raiders, likely raped, and then miraculously saved and restored to power.
—Douglas Smith, WSJ, 26 June 2023
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“High priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priestess. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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