Africa
New insights into Philistine religion and their enigmatic culture
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New research challenges previous held consensus on the Philistines, their origin, and the structure and establishment of their culture in the Levant.
Paganism
Editorial: On the Repatriation Beat
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott writes about TWH’s focus on efforts to repatriate art and antiquities to their home countries.
Paganism
New government measures curtail folk religion in China
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The Chinese government has instituted a number of new measures intended to curb the practice of folk religions, such as worship of figures like Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, and Nong Zhigao, a culture hero who resembles Robin Hood.
Paganism
“Finding Manneoi” – the “Goddess of Democracy” surges on Hong Kong campus
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自由女神, zìyóu nǚshén, the “Goddess of Democracy,” was a symbol of the 1989 Tienanmen Square protests in China. The Chinese government has attempted to suppress the goddess’s image, but activists are keeping her in the public eye despite the risk of prison.
Asia
Impacts of Bronze Age volcanic eruptions
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The impact of the eruption of Thera in antiquity was likely a major factor in the demise of Minoan culture.