It was the Italian scholar Petrarch who first coined the term “Dark Age” in the…
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religion
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Time and again, a similar theme emerges in the ancient and original religions of the…
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Much of Irish mythology is lost to us. The accumulations of myth and heroic tales…
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In a small town on the outskirts of Madrid, Justo Gallego has undertaken a remarkable…
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Nestled near Magelang on Java’s misty rainforests stands the Gereja Ayam, famously known as the…
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The Quran is old. The Bible, and especially the Old Testament (or Jewish Tanakh) is…
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ArchaeologyHistory
Avestan: Secrets of Zoroastrianism’s Sacred Language
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenZoroastrianism, the ancient Iranian religion of fire, is not perhaps that familiar. Nevertheless this ornate…
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Pascal’s Wager is one of the most famous thought experiments in history. Conjured by the…
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HistoryMyths & Legends
(In Pics) Five Sacred Pots of Hindu Mythology
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenHinduism is the largest religion on the Asian subcontinent, a part of the lives of…
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Archaeology
The Roman Invasion of Anglesey and the Fall of the Celtic Druids
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenOne of the principle difficulties with history is that, most of the time, nobody wrote…
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Religions are often tied to certain symbols that represent faith and, when worn, are a…
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The Christian church, and particularly for Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox, patron saints are a…
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Since biblical times, tales of witches and the spells they cast have enchanted people. There…
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The stories which make up the Old Testament of the Bible have existed for thousands…
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ArchaeologyMyths & Legends
Asherah: did the God of the Hebrew Bible have a Wife?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriLike all energies in the universe existing in pairs, is there a possibility that God…