Antiquities
Getty Museum will return Orpheus and the Sirens to Italy
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will be returning illegally excavated artwork and other treasures to Italy, among them one of the museum’s most prized pieces.
Paganism
La Befana – More than just Italian Santa
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In our Spotlight of Traditions, we look at La Befana and some traditions associated with the “Christmas Witch” in Stregheria.
Paganism
Spotlight on Traditions: An evening with Pietas – Comunità Gentile
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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.
Paganism
Archangel or goddess? A new trail raises questions about the pagan past at Lake Nemi
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A restored nature trail in Nemi Italy kindles concerns about erasing the area’s Pagan past.
Paganism
Once used as a coffee table, Roman ship mosaic returns to Nemi
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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.