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Skeptics Question Whether Antikythera Start Date Has Been Found
... time when the Isia festival — celebrating the Egyptian goddess Isis – was celebrated in both Egypt and Greece. And ...
Sahir - 16/04/2022 - 00:31
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Of Kin and Kind: The Role of Myths in Ancient Greek Diplomacy
... prestige to the festival of her archēgetis or founding goddess, Artemis Leucophryene. Despite extending invitations ...
Thanos Matanis - 24/03/2022 - 21:52
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Was the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaton in Fact the Father of Modern Monotheism?
How plentiful it is, what you have made,
Although they are hidden from view,
Sole god, without another beside you;
ML Childs - 24/06/2017 - 18:49
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The Ancient Site of Takht-e Soleyman: Iran’s Throne of King Solomon
... Sasanians also built a temple to the cult of Anahita, a goddess strongly associated with water, at Takht-e-Soleyman. ...
dhwty - 24/05/2015 - 14:21
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches
... literary appearance in Assyria at about 1000 BC, when the goddess Atargatis turns herself into a mermaid as a ...
nrushton - 22/05/2019 - 21:29
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The Other Side of the Flood: Was Abraham of Indian Descent?
... it's clearly stated that Brahma married Saraswathi the Goddess of wisdom. In the Middle East history it is ...
Enrico - 02/10/2019 - 17:05
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17th Century Sickle Burials Reflect Belief that Demons Stalked War-Torn Poland
... The sickle is an attribute of both Ceres, the Greek goddess of agriculture, and Saturn the Roman god of the ...
Mark Miller - 10/12/2015 - 03:54
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Two Ancient Tombs Containing Numerous Treasures Unearthed in Egypt and One Contains a Mummy
... a wooden Osirian shaped coffin adorned with a portrayal of goddess Isis lifting up her hands. The mask and part of the ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/12/2017 - 23:04
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10 Spine-Chilling Ancient Superstitions and Their Origins
... revered and associated with the divine, especially the goddess Bastet. Killing a cat, even by mistake, was a major ... they get their more negative reputation, Morrigan was a goddess associated with death. How Credible Are the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 17/11/2023 - 17:56
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The Enigma of the Thracians and the Orpheus Myth
... followers of a delicate mystique that worshiped the mother goddess, and who had complex funerary rituals immersed in ...
madomartínez - 11/06/2014 - 13:59
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Romans Cleverly Used Interchangeable Heads on Their Statues
... could have been worn by Empress Faustina the Elder or the goddess Juno. While matching ancient Roman sculptural bodies ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 18/06/2023 - 22:53
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Bulgarian Archaeologists find Evidence of 2,700-Year-Old Thracian Child Sacrifice
... may be Iron Age sacrifice Researchers have found ceramic goddess figures, a button and needle, a golden earring and ...
Mark Miller - 19/04/2015 - 15:03
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Loltun Cave Art and Precious Clues to the Lost Mayan Civilization
There is a kid’s poem written by Jean Marzollo that begins:
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
ML Childs - 16/01/2018 - 19:00
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The Tollund Man Spills His Guts: New Analysis of Bog Body’s Last Meal
... and human sacrifices are said to have been made to the goddess of spring. Discovered in 1950, the Tollund Man is now ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 21/07/2021 - 00:00
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From Barter to Bitcoins: The 5,000 Year History of Money
... coined silver coins in Aegina, in the temple of the goddess of wisdom and war Athena Aphaia, and developed ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 18/07/2018 - 22:37
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Queen Anula of Anuradhapura - A Reign Born of Poison
... rather than political or social history. Tara – Goddess of Compassion and Savior of the Suffering A ...
dhwty - 30/03/2020 - 18:59
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3,200-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Mummy Discovered in Great Shape in Luxor
A Spanish mission has just announced an exciting new discovery of a 3,200-year-old mummy in a highly decorated sarcophagus at Thutmose III's temple in Luxor, a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt. The discovery was from the tomb of the servant of King Thutmose III’s house. The Spanish Mission stated that the mummy cartonnage is in an extremely good state of preservation.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 14/11/2016 - 14:45
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The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology
... the nine worlds then cover one and the same domain. The goddess Hel traditionally governs the dead. Even Balder ...
Vincent Ongkowidjojo - 08/10/2016 - 01:50
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The Celestial Temple of Sogmatar: A Sacred Site Dedicated to Sin and the Planets
Ancient Arab accounts tell of a mysterious temple in eastern Anatolia dedicated to the planets. The ruins surrounding the modern village of Sogmatar used to be an important city during the Hellenistic Period. It was a center for the worship of the moon and the planets. The site contains an impressive open-air temple which is believed to have been dedicated to the planets, verifying this ancient account.
Caleb Strom - 29/12/2017 - 13:54
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The Great Abu Simbel Rescue: The Tale of Two Ancient Temples That Moved Up A Hill
... II Was Buried for 3,000 Years Hathor, the Turquoise Goddess Near the Nile Owner of Mummified Legs Likely to Be ...
ashley cowie - 21/09/2018 - 23:03