Middle East
Lag B’Omer and concerns over paganism
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The Jewish feast of Lag B’Omer began yesterday evening and with it renewed concerns that some celebrations are pagan in origin.
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Pagan Community Notes for the week of July 11, 2022
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Pastor threatens Pagan event in Texas, Satanic prayer request at a football game in Florida, Webb telescope images being released, Northern Ireland high court affirms the separation of church and state, and more news.
Paganism
Editorial: Silencing the press must be rejected
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The recent violence in the Middle East exposes the tenuous support for journalism.
Paganism
Temple to Pan discovered beneath Byzantine Church in Israel
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A new find at a recently excavated Byzantine church in the Banias Nature Reserve in Israel reveals a temple to the god Pan.
News
Uncovering the past: Zominthos, the Hyksos, ancient beer and more
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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. Zominthos at Crete
ZOMINTHOS, Crete — In the early 80s, archaeologists found a complex structure at Zominthos in Crete. The Archaeological Institute of American maintains an active website about this site with field notes from 2005 through 2018.