TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2024, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against the trans community.
Middle East
Researchers shed light on Philistine Religion and Mother Goddess cult practices
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Researchers investigating the ancient city of Gath, where David and Goliath fought their famous battle, find connections between plants and Mother Goddesses.
Middle East
“The boundary is breached”: Israeli Witches and Pagans on the Israel-Hamas War
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Lyonel Perabo speaks with four Witches and Pagans in Israel about their individual experiences and disparate opinions about the October 7th attacks and Israel’s war on Gaza.
Africa
Excavations uncover new images of Isis-Aphrodite and Harpocrates
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Two recent excavations in Egypt have uncovered new terracotta figures of several Egyptian deities, including Isis, Isis-Aphrodite, and Harpocrates, the god of silence.
Africa
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023
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TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2023, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against trans people.
Arts & Culture
Archeologists uncover an 18 tonne lammasu – for the second time
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Archeologists have uncovered a 2700 year old state of a lammasu, an Assyrian guardian deity, near modern Mosul, Iraq. But the story of how an artifact known to scholars since the 1800s was finally excavated shows how archeology and heritage must contend with war, looting, and political turmoil.