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1. The Silures Tribe: Rome’s Biggest Headache Hailed from Wales?

   ... Who Was this Beautiful, Powerful, and Popular Gaulish Goddess? Fighting in the Buff: Did Celtic Warriors Really Go ...

   Veronica Parkes - 27/11/2018 - 18:13

2. Mistletoe: From Toxin-Laced Darts to Fertility Symbol

   ... were able to negotiate Baldur’s release from Hel, the goddess of death. Frigg, keen to sweep her mistletoe faux pas ...

   ancient-origins - 25/12/2019 - 02:08

3. Faith or Economy? Why Pagan Religions Lost Their Position in Europe

   ... through the restoration of the statue of the pagan goddess Minerva.'' Mosaic of the Minerva of Peace in the ...

   Natalia Klimczak - 06/08/2016 - 00:46

4. The Last Lions of Asia Almost Lost to Mankind

   ... epic Gilgamesh , was a wild man, created by Aruru, the goddess of creation, from water and clay, to rid Gilgamesh, ...

   Willem Daffue - 14/11/2018 - 16:36

5. Dr. Heather Lynn

   ... his famed Temple. Is there really a prehistoric fertility goddess figure that has been known to bring death to the ...

   ancient-origins - 08/02/2013 - 12:11

6. Can You Hear the Past? Acoustic Archaeology is Beginning to Explore this New Historical Dimension

   ... Vibrations and sounds may have enhanced worship of Great Goddess Cybele How Ancient Greeks Took Trippy Journeys to the ...

   ancient-origins - 08/08/2017 - 01:50

7. Viking Blots, Beserkers and Barbaric Blood Eagles

   Famed for their ruthless fighting skills and brave exploring, little is written about Viking religion and their day-to-day ritual practices which were arguably a more central component in Norse cultures than warring. Contrary to what pop-culture might have one think, daily life for Vikings didn't involve sailing on violent conquests to new lands, but rather a meat-filled, human-sacrificing, hyper-spiritualized agricultural experience.

   ashley cowie - 22/04/2024 - 17:31

8. Tattooed Scythian Warriors, Descendants of the Amazons? Part One

   ... of Zeus’ sons, Heracles and the half serpent half goddess Echidna, but that story seems like a more fanciful ...

   margaretmoose - 22/12/2013 - 08:17

9. Ancient Remains of Important Bronze Age City of the Akkadian Empire Found in Iraq

   ... Sargon who founded the city in 2340 BC in honor of the Goddess Ishtar. Bronze head of Sargon of Akkad was the first ...

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 08/11/2016 - 03:53

10. Väinämöinen: The Finnish Deity and Hero Who Inspired Tolkien to Create Gandalf and Tom Bombadil

    ... the Search for Elusive Norse Settlements Loviatar: Finnish Goddess of Desolation, Death, and Decay A Drink Fit for ...

    Natalia Klimczak - 27/01/2017 - 19:54

11. Unravelling Ancient Mysteries Ebook

    ... Martin The Elongated Skulls of Stonehenge: A Forgotten Goddess Cult by Maria Wheatley A Mysterious Mummy in Cairo: ...

    ancient-origins - 03/02/2016 - 21:39

12. Half-Human Half-Beasts Love and Lust in Mythology

    ... of many books, including  "Time Maps: Matriarchy and the Goddess Culture ” / Check out MartiniFisher.com Top Image : ...

    MartiniF - 28/05/2019 - 02:26

13. Legendary Ancient Musicians Charmed Beasts, Sirens and Even Hades Himself

    ... of many books, including  "Time Maps: Matriarchy and the Goddess Culture ” / Check out MartiniFisher.com Top Image : ...

    MartiniF - 25/04/2019 - 00:52

14. Epic Cosmic Battles and the Forces of Creation and Destruction in Belief Systems around the World

    ... was allowed to remain as their leader after the primeval goddess was defeated. A battle ensued between Marduk and ...

    dhwty - 25/11/2014 - 11:57

15. We brewed an ancient Graeco-Roman beer and here’s how it tastes

    Matt Gibbs/The Conversation

    ancient-origins - 26/04/2018 - 01:52

16. Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt (Video)

    ... Find What You’d Expect in a Cat Mummy Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet, Protector of the King Top image: Cat mummy. ( ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 14/10/2023 - 17:00

17. Shinigami: The Grim Reaper and God of Death in Japanese Folklore

    ... beliefs. Shinto and Japanese mythology already had a goddess of death named Izanami, for example. And Buddhism had ...

    dhwty - 14/03/2019 - 00:44

18. The Sacred Sex and Death Rites of the Ancient Mystery Groves

    ... Divine Marriage.  The passion plays were centred on the goddess Demeter who, in myths, is found wandering the Earth ...

    ishtar - 09/10/2014 - 14:24

19. Hasankeyf No More: Turkish Government Submerges 12,000-Year-Old Town

    ... May Destroy 2100-Year-Old Castle Site and Statue of Mother Goddess in Turkey First Known Ancient Underground City in ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/05/2019 - 17:07

20. Tricking and Treating Has a Long History

    ... of Halloween to the  Roman festival honoring Pomona , the goddess of fruit trees. During that festival people practiced ...

    ancient-origins - 31/10/2017 - 17:57

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