cradle

The research suggests that the emergence of Sumer, often called the cradle of civilization, was not solely the result of human ingenuity but also of powerful natural forces.

Surrounded by Renaissance masterpieces, this was a meeting in one of the great cradles of Western civilisation.

A soldier wrapped in a battle flag is cradled by a woman, like the dead Jesus draped across Mary’s lap, a second woman rising behind them like a secular St. Anne.

"The cradle of protest outside parliament is a symbol of resistance and proof that Georgians are not swallowing this."

Ulysses S. Grant invoked it more than half a dozen times to thwart statehouse coups, stem race massacres and smother the Ku Klux Klan in its South Carolina cradle.