Nectanebo II never did use this sarcophagus, and tradition had long associated it with Alexander the Great. Chugg suggests ...

See, the way Valentine's Day is celebrated has transformed over time. The modern iteration of the holiday, with all its rosy ...

Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

In historical terms, the Maccabean Revolt was the beginning of the end of the Seleucid Empire. Moral: Don't mess with the ...

Antiochus banned Jewish worship, and attempted to force the inhabitants to worship Greek pagan gods instead. In 167 BC, he desecrated the Temple when he erected an altar in it to the pagan god Zeus (1 ...

In a world full of divisions “a united European Cyprus, apart from the conditions of prosperity it would create for its citizens, would be an extremely powerful universal symbol”.

(It’s in a) very good condition,” lead archaeologist Lyudmil Vagalinski said, explaining that the marble statue had been placed in the sewer and covered with dirt, possibly as Christianity was adopted ...

Boniface replaced the oak tree—a pagan symbol—with the fir tree, which he dedicated to the Christian faith ... Long before the Bavarian King Otto introduced the Christmas tree to Greece in 1833, ...

This pagan symbol of nature and renewal brought joy to ... This portrayal was influenced in part by Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Greek bishop known for his crimson robes and charitable gestures ...

It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, after Christianity ...