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This 2,800-Year-Old Stele Tells A Bible Story From A Different Point Of View
... – and from his point of view, he wasn’t some evil, pagan warlord. He was a hero. Serpent Stones: The Vishap ...
Mark Oliver - 17/05/2017 - 23:02
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Archaeologists Zero in on Lost City and Perhaps the House of Three Apostles of Jesus
... in Golan The Strange Life of Simon Magus, Christian, Pagan, Magician, and Sorcerer The Infamous Mamertine Prison ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 07/08/2017 - 18:59
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Living God in a Wooden Box: In Whose Coffin was Ramesses II Buried?
Usermaatre Setepenre Ramesses II, the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, was one of ancient Egypt’s longest-reigning monarchs. In an astonishing sixty-seven regnal years – the glory days of empire that witnessed unprecedented peace and prosperity – the monarch built grand edifices and etched his name on innumerable monuments of his forbears. Whether it was reverential usurpation or the king’s desire to broadcast his power; the fact remains that few rulers matched his magnificence and propaganda skills.
anand balaji - 18/01/2018 - 19:01
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Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote down the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas’s three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But understanding these uniquely influential people has been hampered by their diffusion across the entire Mediterranean.
ancient-origins - 09/05/2020 - 19:46
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The Mighty Deeds of King Shulgi of Ur, Master of Mesopotamian Monarchs
In the early second millennium BC, the city-states of Mesopotamia thrived in the so-called “Ur III period.” Assuming political frameworks previously abandoned in times of chaos, the rulers of the time also brought about innovation in building and economic strata. Several city-states took turns in dominating the area, one after the other, in southern Iraq.
Carly Silver - 11/03/2019 - 14:00
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Ireland’s Archaeology has More Public Support than Ever!
It can be hard sometimes for archaeologists and historians to gain public interest and support in a world so filled with a focus on technology and modernity. But it is not the case everywhere. Irish archaeology for example has a huge amount of positive public significance.
ancient-origins - 14/04/2019 - 14:00
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Ancient Pirita Convent Caught Up in a Terrible War
The Baltic nation of Estonia is one of Europe’s least crowded countries and has two UNESCO World Heritage sites, one you may never have heard of.
Ed Whelan - 06/11/2019 - 01:52
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The Legend of Prester John and His Lost Kingdom in the East
Prester John (known also as Presbyter John or John the Elder) was a legendary figure in Europe during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Europeans living at that time believed that Prester John was a wealthy and powerful Christian monarch who ruled over a kingdom somewhere in the East, beyond the borders of Medieval Christendom.
dhwty - 09/08/2020 - 14:07
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Le Puy-en-Velay, A Small French Town with a Large Legacy
... named, as puy means peak in French. It is believed that pagan shrines were built on the peaks in ancient times, but ...
Ed Whelan - 27/09/2020 - 22:10
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18,000 Pottery Fragments Speak of Life in Ancient Athribis, Egypt
... of the lion goddess Repit and her consort Min , and when pagan worship was banned in 380 AD the temple was restyled ...
ashley cowie - 02/02/2022 - 13:55
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Judaic Devastation: The Bar Kokhba Revolt’s Tragic Legacy (Video)
... of the city to Aelia Capitolina, and the construction of pagan temples underscored the loss of Jewish sovereignty. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 21/02/2024 - 23:55
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How Did a Fossilized Body Solve A 2,400-Year-Old Murder? (Video)
... hanging, others suggest he was a sacrificial offering to a pagan deity, given the ritualistic elements surrounding his ...
Robbie Mitchell - 13/04/2024 - 21:00
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Researchers chart thousands of miracle stories recorded about saints of the British Isles
... the biographies of the holy men and women who converted pagan populations or headed Christian communities, relied on ...
aprilholloway - 15/05/2014 - 00:06
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Skeleton of a High Status Spiritual Woman Unearthed Near Rollright Stones in England
... ITV.com says , indicates that “Rita,” the Saxon pagan Rollright Witch, as she is being called, was a ...
Mark Miller - 09/08/2015 - 14:35
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Monk Lives Life of Solitude on This 131-Foot-Tall Rock with a 2,000 Year History
The Katskhi Pillar is the name given to a natural limestone column located in Georgia. On the top of this monolith is a monastery, which was built during the 1990s. Today, a solitary monk by the name of Maxime Qavtaradze lives in this monastery atop the Katskhi Pillar. Nevertheless, it has been established that the pillar had been used by Christian ascetics as early as the 6th – 8th century A.D.
dhwty - 21/05/2017 - 22:47
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City of God (Penguin Classics)
... was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek ...
ancient-origins - 10/08/2019 - 02:39
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The Black Sheep of the Empire: Actors and Actresses in Ancient Rome
... the Apostate, who ruled from 361 to 363 AD, would prohibit pagan priests from attending the theater so that the actors ...
MartiniF - 29/06/2018 - 19:58
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Gellert Hill Cave and an Unusual Church with a Brutal History
Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary was named after Bishop Gellért, who was thrown to his death by pagans in the fight against Christianity in 1046. Unusually for statues, the choice of location is fitting since this was the place where Bishop Gellért was tied up and pushed down into the river. His statue can be seen from many parts of Budapest.
Michelle Freson - 23/09/2018 - 13:56
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The Controversy Surrounding Witches’ Familiars and Religious Judgement
How come religions glorified certain Biblical characters’ - such as Jesus and Mary - communication with spirits or angelic entities, yet it condemned witches’ conferring with familiars, to the point of torture and burning them? The Judeo-Christian religions have historically harshly judged and condemned witches who have familiar spirits, practice idolatry, and prophesy. These condemnations have spilled the blood of far too many pagans to count.
maja - 27/03/2019 - 20:28
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Shuckland - Haunted Landscapes Volume One
Join us on a journey exploring the weird wonders of the Waveney valley. Behind the ruined castles, soaring church towers and attractive market towns are ancient legends and folklore.
Ghosts of avenging kings, highwaymen, headless queens, ancient buried treasures, demonic entities, notorious villains, treacherous barons, murderous earls, ley-lines, paganism, yew-shrouded churchyards, old ivy-covered houses, witchcraft, strange fearsome beasts – including the notorious Black Shuck who gives his name to Shuckland.
ancient-origins - 24/07/2021 - 15:20