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1. Myriad of Cultic Offerings Unearthed at Kythnos Temple Complex

   ... the site have been linked to the worship of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, with her daughter Persephone. ...

   Sahir - 09/06/2023 - 22:55

2. Why These Brick Lions That Once Protected Babylon Feel Alive (Video)

   The brick lions that once guarded Babylon's streets hold a unique vitality. These imposing creatures, sculpted from individual bricks, bear a profound significance. In contrast to our contemporary admiration for lions, the Babylonians, coexisting with these formidable beasts, regarded them with fear.

   Robbie Mitchell - 28/09/2023 - 20:54

3. Avalon: Island of Apples

   ... a closer look needs to be taken at a Celtic god and goddess closely associated with the Celtic Otherworld, namely ...

   Willem McLoud - 01/04/2024 - 22:16

4. The Modern Recreation of Ancient Sumerian Beer

   ... ancient Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the goddess of brewing, fertility and the harvest.  The poem ...

   aprilholloway - 22/06/2013 - 09:46

5. Virtual Reconstruction Reveals Secret to Ancient Sundial

   ... Peace," is an altar in Rome dedicated to Peace, the Roman goddess, and commissioned in 13 BC to honour the return of ...

   aprilholloway - 01/01/2014 - 03:54

6. Archaeologists find two ancient caryatids guarding tomb at Amphipolis

   ... Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis.  The ...

   aprilholloway - 07/09/2014 - 23:43

7. Tragedy as militants bomb 2,700-year-old Nineveh Wall in Iraq

   ... become an important religious center for worship of the goddess Ishtar. Under the reign of King Sennacherib (704 – ...

   aprilholloway - 01/02/2015 - 22:05

8. The Ancient Kingdom of Champa: An Enduring Power that Lasted over 1500 years in Southern Vietnam

   ... According to Cham tradition, the founder of Champa was a goddess known as Po Nagar. Legend said that Po Nagar was ...

   dhwty - 29/10/2015 - 13:49

9. Doors of Valhalla: An Esoteric Interpretation of Norse Myth

   Imagine yourself at the World Tree, Yggdrasil. You sit on one of its gigantic roots. Urd's Well is in sight and maybe you can see the Norns, the weavers of fate. The colours of a Rainbow touch the Well's shore. Your eyes follow the colours of the Bifrost Bridge high into the sky. Twelve specks of white light appear. Do you see the Aesir? Doors of Valhalla presents an exegesis of Voluspa, Havamal, and Lokasenna.

   ancient-origins - 08/10/2016 - 03:37

10. The Enchanted Sex-Word of Scotland’s Secret Seduction Society

    ... persuasion and love (or desire) was so important that a goddess, Peitho, personified ‘persuasion’ and ...

    ashley cowie - 22/05/2017 - 23:01

11. Norwegian Vikings Cultivated Cannabis

    ... Frans-Arne Stylegar told forskning.no. Magu: The Hemp Goddess Who Healed Ancient Asia Cannabis: A Journey Through ...

    ancient-origins - 28/12/2017 - 01:53

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    umesh1 - 18/07/2018 - 07:22

13. 6000-Year-Old Amphorae Reveal Ancient China’s Pursuit of Perfect Beer

    Beer has been brewed for thousands of years and has played a very important role in societies. Researchers who were examining some Neolithic amphorae fragments have made a startling discovery. They have found that the ancient Chinese used amphorae to make beer and had developed two methods.

    Ed Whelan - 20/01/2020 - 18:30

14. Atoning for Your Sins in the Himalayas: The Panch Kedar Pilgrimage

    India is generally associated with two remarkable features: the vast Himalayan mountain range, which hosts some of the highest peaks in the world, and for being the birthplace of religions.

    Sushant Pandey - 13/06/2020 - 01:04

15. Highly Unusual Ancient Tomb Discovered By Farmer in Ireland

    ...  which means “seed or tribe of Duibhne,” a Celtic Goddess of the “ túath”  people who once occupied the ...

    ashley cowie - 19/04/2021 - 15:02

16. Strange Viking Wedding Rituals and Traditions (Video)

    Robbie Mitchell - 09/12/2023 - 20:12

17. The Crowns of the Pharaohs

    In Ancient Egypt, the gods and kings (pharaohs) were depicted with a crown, which, according to Egyptologists, were also taken into the grave for the afterlife. These crowns however have never physically been found, neither inside nor outside graves. Have these crowns really existed or did grave robbers take them all?

    Willem Witteveen - 23/06/2013 - 11:54

18. Archaeologists Find Proof that early Hittites entered Europe

    ... remained in Asia. Archaeologists discovered iron god and goddess statues, bitumen, tin and ceramic pieces in two ...

    aprilholloway - 01/11/2013 - 05:31

19. The Magnificent Ishtar Gate of Babylon

    ... magnificent gate, which was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, was once included among the Seven Wonders of ...

    Joanna Gillan - 16/10/2023 - 15:16

20. Sumerian Mythology: A Collection of Ancient Sumerian Myths and Epics

    The relationship and search for God, gods, or goddesses is one of civilized man’s earliest preoccupations. Our place in the universe is anything but certain and with that uncertainty comes the need for explanation and a yearning for understanding. It has always been the enigma of man to explain, theorize, or pontificate upon that which the obvious solution evades us. This book is a collection of varying myths and epics of the Ancient Sumerian civilization. The Sumerian culture is deeply rooted in myth and mystery.

    ancient-origins - 16/01/2016 - 01:54

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