Archaeologists have unearthed a stash of 1,300-year-old gold and silver coins offered as "devil's money" at a rare medieval ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...

Archaeologists in the Netherlands uncovered a rare 7th-century open-air cult site near the hamlet of Hezingen. The discovery ...

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A fire is also lit during the ceremonies to represent the return of the sun after winter ... The ritual itself pays homage to pagan tree worship. Mr Taylor believes a chance conversation with ...

India’s priestly class was not unified, adds Pillai, adapting to local traditions ranging from sun worship to matrilineal ... clamped down on “paganism” abroad by burning temples.

The diversity is palpable, with devotees from different regions and backgrounds coming together to worship ... it is a miracle that this proudly pagan religion that worships nature and finds ...

It is alleged that in the fourth century the Church and Emperor Constantine replaced the Sabbath with the pagan "DAY OF THE SUN", i.e. Sunday ... disapproved of their worship on Sunday.

The veneration accorded Our Lady of Guadalupe at first commingled with and was influenced by the earlier pagan worship of Tonantzin ... "arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her ...