Canada
Pagan Voices: Preparing for the Eclipse
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Witches and Pagans are preparing for tomorrow’s Great American Eclipse. Here we collect some thoughts on the meaning of tomorrow’s great astrological event from a variety of Pagan perspectives.
Africa
Amsterdam exhibit invites us to see the faces of ancient Egypt
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An exhibition in the Netherlands brings guests face to face with the realistic portraits of ancient Egyptians produced in the Roman period.
News
Artifacts from “Britain’s Pompeii” go on display
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A new set of open-access publications and a new exhibition at the Peterborough Museum will allow the public to discover Must Farm, a 3,000 year old settlement that has provided archeologists with incredible new insights into everyday life in the Bronze Age.
Culture
Ásatrú and the Inevitability of Technology
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I know I’m in a tiny minority, but – as a practitioner of a tiny minority religion – I’m used to caring about things that are way outside the mainstream of our cultural discourse. And I wonder what we practitioners can offer during this cultural moment in which the majority of us are passively experiencing a major paradigm shift, in which most of us are just unquestioningly along for the ride.
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.