Paganism
Saints, love, chocolate, and goatskins: How we got from Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day
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We review the Pagan and not-so-Pagan history of the Valentine’s Day holiday, right down to the goat-skin loin clothes.
Europe
“Things didn’t change overnight” – New research shows Rome wasn’t converted in a day
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New archeological research shows that Rome’s conversion to Christianity was a more gradual process.
Culture
Roman temples found with a sacrificial pit researchers say
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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.
Europe
Io Saturnalia: Releasing Saturn and a roundup of events
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Io Saturnalia! The holiday is well underway in many quarters including the UK and and especially in Rome.
Europe
Archeologists find 2,000 year old graves in Paris necropolis: Part II on Gaulish-Roman burial sites
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Archeologists find 2,000 year-old graves in Paris during the building of a train station expansion near Notre Dame Cathedral.