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ODE TO THE PAST (with the occasional nod to the present)

The Neo-Pagans

March 18, 2015
Tags: Greece, ancient Greece, mt. olympus, greek gods, archaeology, archaeological thriller, pagans, ellinais
In ancient Greece, people worshipped the 12 gods of Mount Olympus. You know the ones: Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Ares, Ephestos, Poseidon, Hermes, Hera, Hestia, Demetra, Aphrodite, and the big guy himself, Zeus.

This polytheistic religion was an early form of paganism that involved such rituals as animal sacrifices, experimentation with reality-bending substances, burnt offerings, group  Read More 
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Sexuality in the Ancient World

March 6, 2015
Tags: ancient-egypt, ancient-greece, ancient-rome, ancient-world, sex, sexuality
Birds do it. Bees do it. In the ancient world, everyone did it, including the gods.

We're talking about sex, of course. Sexuality has evolved drastically in the past three millennia, mostly because of the advent of Christianity. Today, we have many taboos that never existed in antiquity. In those days, sex was a  Read More 
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