Nubian kings ruled Egypt for less than 100 years. Their influence lasted centuries.
Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...
Irish Central17d
How Brigid went from a Celtic goddess to Catholic saint
The goddess had to be appeased and celebrated to ensure the fertility of the land, animals, and people. Celtic mythology holds that the chieftains slept with the goddesses in a mating ritual that ...
Greek Reporter23d
Ancient Statue of Goddess Athena Reemerges After Three Centuries
A Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena reemerged in Chicago after almost three centuries after it was acquired from a private collection. The statue from the early 1st century CE has been acquired ...
BBC27d
Missing goddess statue replaced five decades later
A statue of a goddess that went missing from a visitor garden in the 1970s has finally been replaced. The Diana of Gabii replica was created in the early 19th Century for the listed Swiss Garden ...
The Art Newspaper29d
Ancient Roman statue of Athena goes on public view for first time in more than 200 years
The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...
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Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project
The Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation, is an effort by Pew Research Center to understand religious change and its ...