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TWH’s Editor-in-Chief, Manny Moreno, responds to the claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating the pets of other residents. The baseless claim has deep roots in racism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance, and has been levied against practitioners of Vodou and modern Paganism.
Perperikon, an ancient Thracian city in Bulgaria, reveals new discoveries, including Roman-era altars possibly dedicated to underworld gods. Excavations uncover connections to Dionysus worship, mystery cults, and possibly psychopomps and underworld deities.
Researchers find Roman temples in modem-day Germany with a sacrificial space that raise questions about the nature of offerings to the gods and spirits.
TWH visits the Pietas Community’s Temple to Jupiter in Rome and interviews the Religio Romana organization’s leader and pontifex maximus, Giuseppe Barbera Hermes Helios.
As some Pagans and Heathens attempt to revive ancient or indigenous religions they often rely on the work of historians, primary texts and archaeologists. For this reason, when something new pops up that challenges long held academic ideas on cultural or religious practice, we pay attention. Here are some of the new(er) finds making waves in archaeological circles. Altar of Zeus at Lykaion
MOUNT LYKAION, Greece — This mountaintop in the Peloponnese, and Mount Ida in Crete, are both claimed to be the birthplace of Zeus. Archaeological teams have excavated at Mount Lykaion for over a decade.