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Police and media coverage emphasized alleged links to Witchcraft and the occult in the case of Heather Jean Evans, 45, who pleaded guilty to arson and murder in a 2022 fire. Evans was also tied to additional fires marked by occult symbols and handwritten notes.
Two recent excavations in Egypt have uncovered new terracotta figures of several Egyptian deities, including Isis, Isis-Aphrodite, and Harpocrates, the god of silence.
In our new Pilgrimages series, TWH’s editor-in-chief, Manny Tejeda-Moreno, explores the famous Temple of Diana Nemorensis in Nemi, Italy.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews the new exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum, “Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa,” featuring 300 artifacts from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
A mosaic from the Roman emperor Caligula’s barges at Nemi has been recovered and returned to Italy after having been used as a coffee table for decades.