Thursday, 12 July 2018

News: Archaeology, Heat Wave, Pagans, Witchcraft

A round-up of news stories that could be of interest to pagans, including how the ancient past is being revealed in scorched grass due to the hot summer:

"How the current heatwave is providing unprecedented opportunities for archaeologists" - story at The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-heatwave-archaeologists-discoveries-expose-hidden-treasure-history-crop-marks-forts-finds-a8442531.html

"Brutal Heat in The UK Is Revealing Hidden Footprints of Historic Civilisations" - story at Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/brutal-heat-uk-revealing-hidden-footprint-historic-civilisations-ancient-crop-marks-parch-iron-age

"Body of 'witch' tormented by villagers 1600 years ago found buried with one-hand tied behind back" - story at Mirror.co.uk https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/body-witch-tormented-villagers-1600-12882031

"Chilling witch skeleton found with drill holes in her bones so she couldn't rise from the dead" - story at The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/6708241/witch-skeleton-found-poland-baltic-coast-drill-holes/

"A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who's Inside" - story at Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-mystery-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-egypt-alexandria

"From Genius to Witch: The Rise and Fall of a Filosofessa" - story at the Los Angeles Review of Books: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/rise-fall-filosofessa/

"'Summer Camp Island' Cures Homesickness With Witches, Yetis, and Aliens" - details of a children's cartoon series at Inverse: https://www.inverse.com/article/46717-summer-camp-island-cartoon-network-creator-julia-pott-interview

"Great British Mysteries: Rollicking through Tudor history any witch way they want to" - story at Maidenhead Advertiser: https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/latest-theatre-news/133450/great-british-mysteries-rollicking-through-tudor-history-any-witch-way-they-want-to.html

"Ukrainians gather to celebrate pagan holiday of Ivana Kupala" - story at Kyiv Post: https://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/ukrainians-gather-to-celebrate-pagan-holiday-of-ivana-kupala

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