#ancientreligion — Public Fediverse posts

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

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #ancientReligion #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS

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.
#zoroastrianism #ancientreligion #ancienthistory
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/sogdian-mural-fire-worship-0022456

Archaeoethnologica: Traveling & Invocation to the Gods in Antiquity - Talk / A Viagem e a Invocação aos Deuses na Antiguidade - Palestra

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-viagem-e-invocacao-aos-deuses.html

#Antiquity #AncientHistory #Voyage #Rome #RomanWest #Gods #religion #AncientReligion #HistoryofReligions #talk #online

Archaeoethnologica: Traveling & Invocation to the Gods in Antiquity - Talk / A Viagem e a Invocação aos Deuses na Antiguidade - Palestra

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-viagem-e-invocacao-aos-deuses.html

#Antiquity #AncientHistory #Voyage #Rome #RomanWest #Gods #religion #AncientReligion #HistoryofReligions #talk #online

Archaeoethnologica: Traveling & Invocation to the Gods in Antiquity - Talk / A Viagem e a Invocação aos Deuses na Antiguidade - Palestra

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-viagem-e-invocacao-aos-deuses.html

#Antiquity #AncientHistory #Voyage #Rome #RomanWest #Gods #religion #AncientReligion #HistoryofReligions #talk #online

What can AI reveal about a seemingly dull coin? Quite a lot! And by "reveal," I mean really tell you, in spoken language. Tune in to our new weekly AISL Podcast, where we use tools like NotebookLM to bring you closer to ancient history. Episode #1 https://t.uzh.ch/1Lr
The first episode explores an Augustus coin and uncovers surprising insights—straight from AI! Don't miss it! You also have the chance to discuss errors and other peculiarities. #digitalhumanities #ancienthistory #history #numismatics #ancientreligion

Sneak peek: new in the #PleiadesGazetteer this week

I aim to publish the regular "Last week" blog post on Monday. We already have 14 new and 64 updated place resources in the bin, including heavy work by @serviliusahala and @SecretTerror .

Meantime, I can't help sharing an example new resource I created and Jeff reviewed: Zar Trypa, a cave sanctuary of the nymphs on Mount Ossa: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589838168

#ancientGeography #ancientReligion #archaeology #ancientHistory #epigraphy

"Thus, in Hypatia, Synesius gives us a portrait of a philosopher who had ascended to the heights of mystical philosophy"

Interesting article - shows evidence #Hypatia of Alexandria also likely taught #polytheist /#pagan Theurgy and #philosophy as head of the #Platonic Academy in Alexandria through the letters of her student Synesius, a Bishop.

https://www.academia.edu/52637841/Harmonizing_Binaries_Hypatia_s_Synesius

#Polytheism #Paganism #Platonism #Neoplatonism #AncientReligion #Religion #Theology

A newly announced in-person lecture at #ISAWNYU:

"Sacro-Creative Action and the Making of Gods in and beyond Rome" by John Hopkins, ISAW Visiting Research Scholar, 13 September 2023, 5:30 PM US Eastern Time.

More info and to register (required): https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/sacro-creative-action

"It is well known that Roman life was steeped in religious practice. Historians also generally understand that the predation of an imperializing, centrally ..."

#classics #ancientHistory #ancientReligion #ancientRome

I see that Pasts Imperfect (2.23.23) is out, with contributions from Colin McCaffrey, Sarah E. Bond, and Matthew P. Canepa!

"Mithra, Hippocrates & the Anti-Vax Movement, Mapping Cahokia & More"

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-22323

#ancientHistory #archaeology #HGIS #AncientGeography #AncientReligion #classics

In Ancient Rome they’d watch or listen to birds from the gods.

#Augury
#Auspices
#Chickens
#AncientReligion
#AncientPolitics

Wikipedia- “The chickens were kept in a cage under the care of the pullarius (keeper of the auspice chickens) who, when the time came, released the chickens and threw at them some form of bread or cake. If the chickens refused to come out or eat, or uttered a cry, or beat their wings, or flew away, the signs were unfavourable.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augury

I am trying this out. If you work on #classics #ancienthistory #ancientreligion or anything #ancientworld I would love to follow you.

@ProfFrancesca Apparently, on here, if you precede your topic with # it helps boost to the people you want to see your toot when placed it at the end of it (hope that makes). So....
#AncientReligion #God #Books #Podcasts