Flipping through one of my archaeological news feeds, I came across a story on a temple to a spider-god in Peru that's been excavated this past year. Being able to come up with only two other spider figures off the top of my head, I tried a godchecker search and came up with 22 hitsThe cultures that have spider deity figures are limited to African ( Read more... )

FYI.

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
"A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned and a new wealth of data supports his thesis."

This has just been brought to my attention, and I wondered if it was of interest to anyone here. Apparently, there is a proposal to build a motorway through the valley of Tara, an ancient archaeological site of historical importance in Ireland. Web site is here. As a historian and a pagan, I am really shocked that a proposal such as this could ( Read more... )

This question is regarding the purchase of antiquities for spiritual purposes - essentially, how do you all feel about it ( Read more... )