Europe
Well-preserved Roman Temples with female deities found in Gelderland
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A Roman sanctuary temple complex found in the Netherlands contains inscriptions to the Jumones, a plural female divinity.
Paganism
Pilgrimages: a visit to the Temple of Diana
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In our new Pilgrimages series, TWH’s editor-in-chief, Manny Tejeda-Moreno, explores the famous Temple of Diana Nemorensis in Nemi, Italy.
Middle East
Mitanni City emerges from the Mosul Reservoir
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The initial finds of the excavations of the ancient Mitanni Empire city of Zakhiku that was revealed due to the drought in Iraq in 2021.
Anatolia
Assyrian deity carvings found in secret Turkish tunnel
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Archeologists have published an initial study of a carving found in southern-eastern Turkey that depicts a procession of deities in a mixture of Assyrian and Aramaic styles.
Paganism
From Ishtar to Ēostre: a conversation with Steff V. Scott
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In a new book, Steff V Scott, presiding officer of the Scottish Pagan Federation, lays out an argument for a connection between the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar and the Anglo-Saxon Eostre.