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  1. 2,000-year-old ritual bath (mikveh) discovered beneath Jerusalem’s Western Wall reveals daily life before the Roman destruction

    A well-preserved ritual purification bath, also known as a mikveh, which dates to the final years of the Second Temple period, was uncovered in archaeological excavations beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/mik

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #mikveh #ancientrituals

  2. 🧙‍♂️✨ Someone decided to spend their weekend performing ancient rituals to revive the Nokia N900, because who needs Netflix when you can build a "fake battery" and attach supercapacitors, right? 🎩🔮 Apparently, replacing the battery with a Frankenstein's monster of resistors and SD cards is the new way to flex your Linux muscles. 🛠️🤖
    yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia-n900 #techwizardry #ancientrituals #NokiaN900 #Linuxhacks #DIYprojects #HackerNews #ngated

  3. For with each sacrificial night
    And every victim's final plight
    The Unconquered Sun drinks back the light
    And Mithras is reborn from endless night

    #mythology #HorrorShort #mystery
    #Mithras #AncientEvil #CultHorror #BloodRitual
    #SecretCult #AncientRituals #ForgottenGods #Horror #filmsky
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  4. Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

    A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibe

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #neareast #zagrosmountains #AncientIran #ancientrituals #ibex

  5. Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

    A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibe

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  6. Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

    A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibe

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #neareast #zagrosmountains #AncientIran #ancientrituals #ibex

  7. 2,400-year-old puppets discovered atop pyramid in El Salvador

    In San Isidro, El Salvador, archaeologists have unearthed a stunning set of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets atop a pyramidal structure. These findings shed new light on ancient public rituals and cultural exchanges in Central America...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/03/pup

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #sanisidro #anthropology #puppets #centralamerica #mesoamerica #AncientRituals

  8. Neolithic ‘sun stones’ sacrificed in Denmark to revive the sun after volcanic eruption

    Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic communities on the Danish island of Bornholm ritually buried hundreds of engraved stones, so-called “sun stones,” in a remarkable act to counter drastic climate changes caused by a massive volcanic eruption...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/01/neo

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    #archaeology #ancientrituals #anthropology #volcaniceruption #bornholm #neolithic #stoneage #sunstone