World History Encyclopedia · @whencyclopedia
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The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/442/curses--fines-on-epitaphs/ #History #Cybele #GreekReligion #Phrygia
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Ionia was a territory in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) populated by the Ionians (Greeks who spoke the Ionian dialect) in c. 1150 BCE. #History #Phrygia #Lydia #LibraryOfCelsus #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/ionia/
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The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/442/curses--fines-on-epitaphs/ #History #Cybele #GreekReligion #Phrygia
#phrygia #greekreligion #cybele #History
Antinous the Gay God · @antinousgaygod
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🪷 In March 129 AD #Antinous and #Hadrian visited #Pessinus #Phrygia, cult center of the great mother goddess #Cybele. Pessinus was ruled by the transgender high priestess Archigallus together with her transgender galloi priestesses. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/03/antinous-in-pessinus-home-of-gender.html 🪷
#antinous #Hadrian #pessinus #phrygia #cybele
Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
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World History Encyclopedia · @whencyclopedia
716 followers · 929 posts · Server mstdn.socialPhrygia was the name of an ancient Anatolian kingdom (12th-7th century BCE) and, following its demise, the term was then applied to the general geographical area it once covered in the western plateau of Asia Minor. https://www.worldhistory.org/phrygia/ #History #Gordium #Midas #Phrygia
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Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
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