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Videos of SANE Symposium Lectures on “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity”

If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!Last Friday I was able to attend the symposium entitled “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity,” sponsored by The Students of the Ancient Near East (SANE) and the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young [...]

The Pope Receives a New Name

There is an established practice throughout history and in many areas of the world when someone is elevated to royal, or otherwise elevated status and position — they are given a new name. This name is often referred to as a regnal name, or a reign name, and is different than the given name [...]