Greco-Roman mysteries

The remains of the entrance gate to a temple, where Mithrasists are believed to have spent the night once a year, have been found in Diyarbakır.
The main entrance gate of the 1,900-year-old Temple of Mithras has come to light during the excavations at Zerzevan Castle in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

If you look closely, you can see a variety of similarities between the commemoration of the birth of Christ and the worship of Dionysus in ancient Greece

A 2nd century AD marble statue of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, who was also worshipped in the wider Greco-Roman world, and a marble head of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus, have been discovered by archaeologists at a Roman villa and nymphaeum near the town of Kasnakovo in Southern Bulgaria.

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Press reports from reputable sites around the world, including the New York Post and the Independent, refer to a Brown Deer police call from an 82-year-old woman on Sunday reporting hearing a female yell, “ISIS is good, ISIS is great” during lovemaking.

Cops advised the elderly woman to call back if she heard it again, reports WDJT Milwaukee.

The Acropolis Museum will offer its visitors the opportunity to discover the landscape, the people and the archaeological finds of Samothrace island with the assistance of archaeologists-curators within the framework of the European Cultural Heritage Days and the World Tourism Day.

Here’s the second in a three-part travelogue of several Greek island gems “off-the-beaten path” in the Aegean and the Ionian.

Samothrace: Verdant and utterly …mysterious

ISIS has created a terrifying map showing the countries it plans to take over – including Greece, known to the group as Orobpa. The map presented in BBC reporter Andrew Hosken’s book, “Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State”, reveals the ISIS plan for world dominion by 2020 – just five years away.

Lisa Hotton established her business in the Financial Sector in 2004. Back then, she had never heard of the terror organization known as ISIS. She named her New Zealand company Isis after the Egyptian goddess of beauty and femininity.

By Elis Kiss

The Acropolis Museum turns six on June 20 and is celebrating with the inauguration of the temporary exhibition “Samothrace: Mysteries of the Great Gods”.