The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen

A Native American Girl Among Vikings

Posted by on Nov 18, 2010 in Archaeology, history | 6 comments

Everyone has seen Disney’s Pocahontas, haven’t they? We’re all familiar with the image of the New World girl in the Old...

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The Headless Vikings of Weymouth

Posted by on Nov 6, 2010 in Archaeology, Heathenism, history | 0 comments

The BBC reported that 51 headless Vikings were found buried at Ridgeway Hill, near the southern seaside town of Weymouth, in June 2009...

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The Sphinx Protected by Walls

Posted by on Nov 5, 2010 in Archaeology | 0 comments

This would likely have been a headline in ancient Egypt, just as it is now. After all, it’s a big deal when a sphinx asked a king to move...

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Ancient cat goddess temple found in Egypt

Posted by on Jan 20, 2010 in Archaeology, history, Paganism, Religion, Spirituality | 0 comments

The Associated Press reports that, “Egypt said Tuesday that its archaeologists have unearthed a Ptolemaic-era temple dating back...

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A New Odin?

Posted by on Dec 19, 2009 in Archaeology, Heathenism, history | 11 comments

It’s not often a piece of Norse sculpture shows up. They pull classical items out of the Mediterranean all the time, or dig them out...

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Temple of Isis

Posted by on Dec 18, 2009 in Archaeology, Polytheism | 2 comments

Exciting news from Alexandria:  They have pulled a pylon of the temple of Isis from the harbor, where it ended up after earthquakes in the...

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