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Excavations at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu have uncovered a ritual pit more than eight feet deep, filled with 300 ...

Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City recovered a single offering box containing roughly 4,000 marine ...

A 3,800-year-old ritual offering found at Peñico in Peru reveals how Caral civilization, symbols and trade networks survived.

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For a religion that has never been static, Judaism has been utilizing many of the same outdated, unchanging ritual objects for what seems like eternity. Judaica has never kept pace with Judaism’s ever ...