Ancient Religions
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Japanese man stabs wife and Shinto priestess sister to death
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A Japanese man wielding a sword killed his sister, a Shinto priestess, on the grounds of a Tokyo shrine, then stabbed his wife to death, police and media said.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, ancient-religions, suicide, japan
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The new church choir: Why agnostics and Christians are taking up 'the music of yoga'
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The devotional chants of kirtan worship Hindu deities, so why are agnostics and Christians so passionate about the practice?
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, music, hinduism, meditation-and-prayer, sydney-2000
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Topics: judaism, religion-and-beliefs, women-religious, ancient-religions, sydney-2000
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Keshira haLev Fife is rewriting the role of women in the Jewish faith. Video
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Sydney woman Keshira haLev Fife describes herself as a Hebrew priestess — a tradition she says is alluded to, if not directly referenced, in Jewish sacred texts.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, religious-leaders, australia
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Pagan mum's awkward pre-baptism meeting with Catholic priest
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During the preparation to baptise her second child, Sarah Betts knew things would get awkward when the priest asked about her own religion.
Topics: ancient-religions, other-religions, religious-leaders, women-religious, paganism, babies, parenting, catholic, kalgoorlie-6430
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Sarah Betts and her altar image
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Topics: paganism, women-religious, ancient-religions, christianity, catholic, children, parenting, kalgoorlie-6430
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Topics: paganism, women-religious, ancient-religions, christianity, catholic, children, parenting, kalgoorlie-6430
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Mecca revealed on camera in rare insight
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Authorities traditionally discourage pilgrims from photographing the two sites of Mecca and Medina, fearing it could detract from the focus of worship and turn the pilgrimage into a tourist attraction.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, ancient-religions, saudi-arabia, adelaide-5000
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Ancient DNA shows Canaanites survived Biblical 'slaughter'
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The ancient Canaanites, the Bible says were commanded to be exterminated, did not die out, but lived on to become modern-day Lebanese, according to the first study to analyse their DNA.
Topics: science-and-technology, ancient-religions, history, anthropology-and-sociology, dna, genetics, lebanon
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Mandaean grandfather image
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Topics: ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, rites-and-ritual, penrith-2750
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Rishema Satar Jabar Helo image
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Topics: religious-leaders, ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, penrith-2750
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Topics: ancient-religions, religious-leaders, religion-and-beliefs, penrith-2750
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This ancient religion has brought its baptisms to Australian rivers
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Sydney's Mandaeans are followers of John the Baptist, and believe that baptism should occur throughout one's life. But the ancient religion is in danger of dying out.
Topics: ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, rites-and-ritual, penrith-2750
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Topics: ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, rites-and-ritual, penrith-2750
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US crafts store caught smuggling ancient Iraqi artefacts
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A major US arts-and-crafts chain agrees to pay a $US3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artefacts smuggled from the Middle East it says it purchased because of a "passion for the Bible".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, ancient-religions, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, united-states
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At least 17 mummies discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb
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Egypt unearths an ancient burial site containing at least 17 mummies, most fully intact, in the latest in a string of discoveries that the country's Antiquities Minister describes as a helping hand for its struggling tourism sector.
Topics: history, ancient-religions, archaeology, egypt
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At least 20 tortured, murdered at Pakistani shrine: police
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Police say the killer was the shrine custodian who was allegedly in the practice of beating and torturing devotees to "cleanse" them.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, ancient-religions, pakistan, asia
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The history of the Christmas tree
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How Germany's once pagan tree became a Christmas centrepiece, thanks in part to a popular British queen.
Topics: christianity, lifestyle-and-leisure, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, ancient-religions, human-interest, australia, act
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War crimes and the many threats to cultural heritage Opinion (photos)
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It is important to prosecute militants who destroy antiquities. But "everyday" development does vastly more damage to heritage than war, writes Professor Ian Lilley
Topics: terrorism, islam, history, ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, unrest-conflict-and-war, sculpture, mali, syrian-arab-republic, turkey, karratha-6714
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Pokemon Go 'blasphemous' for giving vegetarians eggs, Indian court told
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Pokemon Go is blasphemous and should be banned, an Indian court is told, because it rewards religious vegetarians with virtual eggs.
Topics: popular-culture, ancient-religions, rites-and-ritual, india
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Tehran's cracker night a sign of social defiance
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It started as a night of fun with Iranian locals, until we were caught in the midst of a crackdown by the state's security police, writes Matt Brown.
Topics: world-politics, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, ancient-religions, iran-islamic-republic-of
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Tanzanian Masai culture and its link to cattle gallery
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The east African nation of Tanzania is renowned for its semi-nomadic Masai tribes. They sign loudly, can jump incredibly high on the spot and wear vibrant cloths wrapped around their bodies. Their survival is tied to the cattle they own - something they fear is at risk with a changing climate.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, ancient-religions, religion-and-beliefs, rural-women, women-in-agriculture, goat-production, sheep-production, tanzania-united-republic-of
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Pope Francis canonises two Palestinian nuns
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Pope Francis names two Palestinian women as saints, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square just days after the Vatican formalised its de facto recognition of the state of Palestine.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, holy-see-vatican-city-state, palestinian-territory-occupied
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Greece condemns British Museum's rejection of Parthenon sculptures mediation
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Greece hits out at the British Museum's decision to refuse mediation in a long-running dispute over ancient Parthenon sculptures.
Topics: community-and-society, history, ancient-religions, united-kingdom, greece
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