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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
National Geographic news20d
A massive bone pit hints at human sacrifice and fertility rituals when Romans ruled Britain
It's unclear how these humans and animals died ... such as the use of lapdogs, or even dog sacrifice, but they also had very non-Roman characteristics, such as messing with bodies after death ...
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Archaeologists In Belgium Just Unearthed The Shockingly Well-Preserved Remains Of An Ancient Roman Dog
Archaeologists in Belgium just unearthed the astonishingly intact remains of an ancient Roman dog. While digging among the ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced ... the Greek god of wine and theater. There were also animal sacrifices that involved smell. "Within Greek myth there's this idea ...
Phys.org4d
Nescot dog remains provide insight into Romano-British ritual practices
Within the Roman world, dogs were associated ... The Romans had rules about what type/color/age, and sex of animal was appropriate to sacrifice for which god or festival, so the idea of cultural ...
Irish Central8d
Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice?
Experts say that Druids in the Celtic era possibly committed ritual human sacrifice on a mass scale. Julius Caesar, who led the first Roman landing ... likely that these animals were sacrificed ...
Inside Higher Ed22d
Sacrifice’s Enduring Logic
The Roman Empire outlawed druidic human sacrifices in Gaul as part of consolidating imperial ... Ritual sacrifice was often replaced with symbolic offerings (e.g., grain, animals or other tokens) that ...
South Bend Tribune11d
St. Joe County has given a lot to Amazon. Don't sacrifice our wetlands, too | Letters
That nurturing behavior can be observed in all kinds of animals, many of which can be ... and generous financial incentives. Let’s not sacrifice one of our few remaining wetlands for Amazon ...
Archaeologists discover well-preserved Roman dog in Belgium
Archaeologists in Velzeke, Belgium, discovered a well-preserved Roman dog buried beneath a stone foundation. Archaeologist Arne Verbrugge from SOLVA noted the rarity of the find in the region due to ...
New York Post29d
Never-before-seen series of ancient paintings dug up in Pompeii provide clues on rituals tied to Greek god
Other parts of the painting show young satires with pointed ears playing the double flute as another puts on a wine sacrifice ... shows live and sacrificed animals, including a freshly gutted ...