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Mysterious Underwater Ruins in Turkish Lake Found To Be A 1,600-Year-Old Basilica
... was born to devout Christian parents while Rome was still pagan and Christians were being persecuted throughout the ... the city of Nicaea where he condemned the impiety of the pagan religion. In response, angry pagans tied him to a tree, ...
Caleb Strom - 19/07/2017 - 14:04
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The Crusades Beyond the Battlefield
The Crusades were a series of holy wars between the Christians of Western Europe and the Muslims of the Middle East. Traditionally, there were nine major Crusades, which took place between the 11th and 13th centuries. These military expeditions were aimed primarily at the recapture of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
dhwty - 12/01/2020 - 13:48
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Xochiquetzal: Aztec Goddess of Beauty, Pleasure and Love… But Don’t Mess With Her!
According to the Aztecs, Xochiquetzal was the goddess of beauty, pleasure, and love. She is commonly associated with such beautiful things as flowers, plants, song and dance, which is quite distinct from the majority of Aztec gods, as they are normally associated with warfare and sacrifice. Be that as it may, Xochiquetzal was believed to have been a powerful goddess who was not to be trifled with. One of the rituals revolving around her revolve around human sacrifice and the flaying of the victim’s skin.
dhwty - 14/07/2018 - 01:46
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Henge of the World
As the full rose-tinted moon ascended sedately into the night sky it bathed the Avebury henge in a pale luminous glow, and the great monolithic stones threw translucent shadows out across the grass. The crisp night air was wet with dew and mist, and the atmosphere was equally laden with expectation. Suddenly a ghostly figure stepped silently from behind one of the massive stones in the central ring, his head betraying the frightening outline of a wolf.
ralph ellis - 22/06/2014 - 00:47
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Science Sheds New Light on the Life and Death of Medieval King Erik
... dragon head The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala, Ancient Pagan Site of Sweden The reliquary contains 23 bones, ...
ancient-origins - 17/03/2016 - 23:47
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Dyeus Pater—The Original All-Father of the Gods
The ancestors of the Indo-European peoples looked up into the sky and saw a father, a cosmic patriarch with authority over the realm of daylight. Many Indo-European pantheons contain gods associated with sky that have pre-eminence among the other gods. The Greeks had Zeus. The Romans had Jupiter. In Hinduism, Dyaus originally had a similar role to Zeus. Scholars have used these deities to attempt to reconstruct the original sky god of proto-Indo-European religion, Dyeus.
Caleb Strom - 02/01/2019 - 23:02
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Roman Offerings at Sacred Spring Whisper of the Druids’ Last Stand
In a significant archaeological find, a collection of sixteen ancient artifacts dating back to the Iron Age and Roman periods has been officially declared treasure by H.M. Senior Coroner for North-West Wales, Ms. Kate Robertson. The announcement was made on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, casting a spotlight on a historic find that promises to rewrite the narrative of early British history.
ancient-origins - 01/03/2024 - 13:54
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Before They Were Divination Tools, Tarot Decks Were Playing Cards
In the English-speaking world, the word ‘tarot’ is most commonly associated with the occult and divination. It is one of the oldest forms of fortune telling, although its origins are somewhat obscure, though records suggest they started off as nothing more than game cards.
dhwty - 21/03/2023 - 00:53
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The Ishtar Gate and the Deities of Babylon
The Ishtar Gate was the main entrance into the great city of Babylon, commissioned by King Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) as part of his plan to create one of the most splendid and powerful cities of the ancient world. The discovery of the ancient gate in 1902 by German archaeologist Robert Koldewey was met with awe, and its reconstruction in 1930 revealed its architectural splendor.
Joanna Gillan - 09/11/2023 - 21:59
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Drugs in War: A Long, Troubled History
When we hear the two words, “drugs” and “war,” used in the same sentence, we might think of the “War on Drugs” but what about drugs during war or drugs after war? Addictive drugs and armed warfare have a long and storied history from the Roman legion soldiers drinking too much wine to frenzied Viking berserkers on magic mushrooms. However, the almost unexplored amphetamine addictions of Nazi Germany in World War II were literally Hitler’s drug problems.
Sahir - 14/06/2022 - 01:42
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The Galli: The Cross-Dressing Cybele Cult Priests Who Castrated Themselves
... in his Crown of Martyrs . Here they featured an attack on pagan religion. Furthermore, he did not ascribe them a ... the Roman state. In 389-91 AD, Theodosian decrees banned pagan worship, and the last known reference to the cult and ...
Molly Dowdeswell - 14/10/2022 - 18:45
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Ancient Artists Left Signs For us to Decode. Did they Witness UFOs?
Did ancient artists leave us clear signs of otherworldly interference in our lives and in our culture?
Daniela Giordano - 09/09/2019 - 18:53
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Did Augustus' Royal Coins Lead the Magi from Parthia to Bethlehem?
One of the great mysteries of the New Testament is the Star of Bethlehem and the magi (the three kings or wise men) who “followed” the star to pay their respects to the newborn Jesus.
Robert W. Weber - 18/08/2020 - 02:06
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Roman Era ‘Good Shepherd’ Ring Amongst Shipwreck Treasures Found in Israel
... Did a Volcanic Eruption Lead People to Abandon Their Pagan Gods and Embrace Christianity? The ‘Good Shepherd’ ... to a woman, reports CBS News . In fact, as Rome was a pagan-worshipping empire, Christians were persecuted from the ...
Sahir - 23/12/2021 - 17:59
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Russia Wants to Clone Ancient Scythian Warriors
Russia's Defense Minister has announced his plan for the DNA cloning of ancient Siberian warriors and their horses. The ancient Tunnug burial site, located in the Valley of the Kings in the Republic of Tuva in Siberia, holds the remains of 3,000-year-old Scythian warriors. Now, Sergei Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister and one of Vladimir Putin's closest advisors, has disclosed his desire to use DNA cloning to re-create an army of noble warriors.
ashley cowie - 18/04/2021 - 18:26
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Was Pisa’s 1016 Sardinia Expedition the First Crusade of Them All?
During the First Crusade, the city state of Pisa, like many other European powers, was moved by the pleas of Pope Urban II, who in 1095 ordered the Christian kingdoms of Europe to launch a holy crusade against Islam and re-capture the divine city of Jerusalem. Led by their enigmatic leader Daibert, Pisan chroniclers were characteristically praiseworthy of their army’s efforts in the east, proclaiming how it was Pisan bravery and might that had caused Jerusalem to fall. But in reality, the Pisans were too late.
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 10/05/2022 - 23:01
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Why Are There Carvings of Women Flashing Their Genitals on Churches Across Europe?
... interpretation of the sheela na gigs is that they were pagan idols or folk deities. This point of view suggests that ...
dhwty - 29/11/2017 - 18:56
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The Enigmatic Devil's Arrows: The Tallest Standing Stones in Britain
... been due to medieval Christianity seeking to associate pagan sites with Satan. The Stones Today The three remaining ...
Bipin Dimri - 22/11/2021 - 13:57
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Alkonost and the Gamayun, the mythical beings of Slavic folklore
... by Viktor Vasnetsov ( Wikipedia ) Gamayun cooperated with pagan Russian gods, notably Kryshen, Kolyada and Dazhbog, and ...
Gisele Santos - 05/10/2015 - 01:01
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A Beauty in Darkness: The Hidden Secrets of the Catacomb Saints
... as the new religion was settled and became accepted, the pagan funerary practice of cremation became obsolete. People ... year old Pancras was captured and ordered to perform a pagan sacrifice to the Roman gods . A devout Christian, ...
Aleksa Vučković - 10/07/2019 - 19:08