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A new study reveals the Kastas Tomb in Amphipolis was aligned with the winter solstice, linking it to ancient solar rituals and the cult of Cybele—suggesting it served as a cosmic tribute to Hephaestion, Alexander the Great’s closest companion.
In an age where religious minorities — especially Pagans — already face real marginalization, suspicion, and in some cases, violence, Brooks’s carelessness, and by proxy, The New York Times’s carelessness for publishing it with little editorial concern, is irresponsible.
The Antikythera Mechanism, initially dismissed as shipwreck debris, is now celebrated as an ancient analog computer. Recent studies challenge its function, suggesting it measured a lunar, not solar, year.
The indigenous religions of the Mediterranean gathered in Athens, Greece, for the Mediterraneum 2024 conference. Greek correspondent Elyse Welles spoke with Elena Petri, the High Priestess of the Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes (YSEE), to learn about the efforts that made the event possible.
TWH correspondent Elyse Welles reports on the celebrations of Fallifloria that took place in Greece this February.