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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 14 new and 118 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 10 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at one of the new additions. Authored by Jeffrey Becker, we now have a place resource for the Sanctuary of Palaimon (Palaimonium), a Roman sanctuary located at Isthmia and dedicated to an embodiment of the Isthmian games: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/343393024

In the attached map image, you can also see the remains of the Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia lying to the north of the Palaimonium. This larger temple has had its own Pleiades place resource (also authored by Jeffrey Becker) since 2019: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/107524051

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Brewminate Jan 2

MYTHBUSTING HISTORY

Myth:

Judaism is the oldest religion in the world.

Truth:

Judaism is among the oldest monotheistic religions, but earlier religious systems flourished in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley. Sumerian religion alone predates it by millennia. Religion evolved; it did not begin with monotheism.

#Brewminate #MythbustingHistory #AncientReligion

Brewminate Jan 2

Isis and Mithras offered initiation, secrecy, and personal meaning in the Graeco-Roman world.

Their popularity shows how religion functioned as lived experience rather than abstract belief in the ancient Mediterranean. 🕯️

#Brewminate #AncientReligion #RomanHistory

https://brewminate.com/the-mysteries-of-isis-and-mithras-in-the-ancient-graeco-roman-world/

Isis and Mithras | Mystery Cults of the Roman World

Explore the mystery cults of Isis and Mithras, their rituals, symbols, and appeal in the religious landscape of the ancient Graeco-Roman world.

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The Dead And The Decaying Oct 12

The #Arabian Wheel of the Year-just NOT like Wicca!

“…Though in earlier #Babylonian times #Aries was represented as a hired laborer rather than a ram.”

#Nabataea #Nabataeans #ArabianPaganism #Archaeology #AncientNearEast #AncientNearEastReligion #Polytheism #AncientReligion #Astrology
https://medium.com/@arabianpaganism/an-arabian-wheel-of-the-year-5c510b984a66

An Arabian Wheel of the Year

The Nabataeans had a Babylonian type lunisolar calendar inherited from the Seleucids. We know very little of it apart from a few…

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Ancient Origins Sep 17, 2025

𝗦𝗼𝗴𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗭𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁
Archaeologists discover rare ancient mural showing Sogdian priests performing sacred fire worship ceremony at Silk Road palace in Tajikistan. This unique find reveals religious practices from a vanishing civilization.
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/sogdian-mural-fire-worship-0022456

Ancient Sogdian Mural Reveals Sacred Fire Worship Ceremony

Archaeologists have made a revealing discovery at the ancient Sogdian palace of Sanjar-Shah in Tajikistan, uncovering fragments of a unique mural depicting priests performing an elaborate fire worship

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