For the satisfaction of their religious feelings, the ancients needed not only the chilly, familiar calm of “classical” sculpture but the irrational excitement of “mysteries”—sacred cults to which ...
Throughout its history, Dura-Europos remained a vibrant and multicultural center where various languages were spoken in the streets, and different religions and cults coexisted harmoniously. Among the ...
and my most fond memory of my mom reminding us every year on Christmas that the reason we celebrate the holiday when we do is actually because of ancient Indo-Iranian mythology and the God Mithras. I ...
India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...
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