Isis, the "Mother Goddess", of whom there are numerous representations breastfeeding her son Horus (Harpocrates) or kings or pharaohs, proves that breastfeeding was highly regarded in ancient Egypt. The cult of Isis spread throughout the Roman world until the 6th century AD. The image of Isis suckling Horus was eventually assimilated by Christianity in the Coptic art of the Bauit wall paintings in the form of Mary as the nursing Virgin or Virgin of Milk (Virgo Lactans, Panagia Galaktotrofusa).