The Knoxville Focus13d
Pat Polis kicks off campaign for Knox County Board of Education
Now, Dr. Pat Polis is answering God’s next call for his life. “My experience in the military prepared me for leadership in business and my leadership in business prepared me to lead in the ministry,” ...
Who Created Middle-earth, Arda, and, Well, Everything in Lord of the Rings? The Gods of Tolkien's Fantasy World, Explained
In order to understand The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien's greater legendarium, one needs to understand the faith background ...
Greek Reporter12d
The Greek God of Mockery Who Got Kicked Out of Olympus
The ancient Greek god Momus, the personification of mockery and sharp criticism, so enraged Zeus that he kicked him out of ...
Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...
Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is ...
Politico16d
Jared Polis: DOGE is ‘tearing down the old without necessarily having a more efficient way of doing it’
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is all for “making government more efficient” — just not the way the federal government is going about it. That was just one of Polis’ pushbacks ...
Animal skins, bells, ritual chaos: Ancient burnout remedy is still at the heart of Greece’s carnival
Agrarian societies, historically reliant on favorable conditions in nature for their survival, created these rituals to ward off evil and misfortune, she said. Carnival revelry has for centuries ...
All That's Interesting on MSN11d
Ancient Greek Snake Altar Made To Appease The Gods Of The Dead Found In Türkiye
An ancient Greek snake altar made to appease the gods of the underworld was just unearthed in southern Turkey. Though the ...
The Denver Post22d
Colorado Senate gives initial approval to semiautomatic weapons bill — after a major change allowing purchases
Jared Polis and enabled by the absence of a needed Democratic senator. When lawmakers first took to the Senate floor for a day of lengthy debate Thursday, Senate Bill 3 would’ve prohibited the ...