This is pretty durned meta! Several British newspapers including The Telegraph and Daily Mail boast headlines declaring: “Babylonian god used ‘fake news’ to trick Noah into building his Ark, claims new translation of 3,000 year-old tablet.” The article is actually… Continue Reading
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the exhibit “Ancient Nubia Now” until January 20. The Museum’s site says: “This exhibition of magnificent jewelry, pottery, sculpture, metalwork, and more from the MFA’s collection of ancient Nubian art examines power, representation,… Continue Reading
The Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt has announced the native archeologists have uncovered the mummified remains of a large animal, possibly a lion or lioness. An excerpt from the Washington Post’s news story on this event reads: “The ministry said… Continue Reading
The UK’s Scarlet Imprint publishing house have opened pre-ordering for Mystai by Peter Mark Adams. The work is an important contribution to our understanding of the rites of initiation into the Dionysian mystery cults. The publisher’s newsletter says: “In landscape format (210… Continue Reading
The London Times ran a feature on the effort to clean up and start the rehab work on the remains of Boleskine House. Among those volunteers who showed up was Keith Readdy, author of One Truth and One Spirit. The… Continue Reading
Italian news outlet ANSA reports that archaeologists have uncovered a trove of artefacts at the site of Pompeii that seem to comprise the working tools of a magician. An excerpt of their report says: “The objects included crystals, amber and… Continue Reading
The UK’s Daily Mail ran a report on a study published in the scholarly journal Science regarding finds indicating that ancient homo sapiens populated Ethiopia some 45,000 years ago. An excerpt of the story reads: “In the new study published… Continue Reading
LiveScience has reported on archaeological excavations near the Israeli city of Rehob that include clay tablets displaying nude female forms and a scarab amulet inscribed with hieroglyphs. These artefacts appear to be some 3500, dating to the period when it’d… Continue Reading
The University of Pennsylvania Press, journals division released the 14th issue of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft earlier this year; this is a triannual publication that comes out in the Spring, Summer, and Winter. The current issue addresses witchcraft in ancient cultures… Continue Reading
The Telegraph reported on Monday that a excavators discovered a marble head, probably belonging to a statue of Dionysos, near the remains of the ancient Roman Forum. A quote from the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum reads: “The face is… Continue Reading