Stock photography, photos: Bes - God of Childbirth - Egypt Stock photos of Bes, the dwarf god and patron of women in labor and childbirth. A column detail of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera in central Egypt. Ptolemaic Period. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: africa, egypt, middle east, dendera, bes, childbirth, birth, hospital, temple, dwarf god, ptolemaic period, hathor