Clay Beads from Southwest Asia Dated to 15,000 Years Ago JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—According to a statement released by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, clay ornaments, including 142 beads, pendants, and a tiny, child-sized ring, have been discovered in Southwest Asia. Laurent Davin of the Hebrew University of...

Celtic Temple Site Excavated in Eastern France Masonry block with painting of the god Sucellus LYON, FRANCE—A painting of the Celtic god Sucellus has been discovered in Mancey, a hilltop sanctuary in eastern France, by a team of researchers led by Grégory Compagnon of France’s Archaeological and...

Medieval Wall Painting Discovered at Durham Castle Medieval wall painting found inside Durham Castle DURHAM, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Northern Echo, a fragment of a medieval wall painting has been found in northern England at Durham Castle, which was constructed by William the Conqueror in the 1070s and...

You are allowed celebrate the ancestral holidays without becoming a pagan – A message to those who want to distance themselves from Christianity I have acknowledged pagan holidays since around the age of 12, but this is the first time in my life I have finally decolonized them. The last year I’ve watched as Evangelical Christians have become extremists who’ve hijacked the government and are...

Happy Spring Equinox! Happy Spring Equinox, or Ostara!  With our celebration of life emerging after Winter, Death Valley in California joins our celebration with a superbloom for 2026!  For me, my local Wheel of the Year has more blooming activity around Beltane, but of course my Michigan land (where some area just got literally 3′ of snow, and I woke up this morning to...

Weyland’s Whey Ostara 2026 Column Miss Us, Pilgrim? Due to (me, at least) incomprehensible and totally inexplicable occurrences, the Pagan Pages site was down for a few days! But we’re back!! Yay!!! Ostara is here! Observed around the Spring Equinox, when night and day are of equal length, this Sabbat represents truth, justice, and–no, that’s somebody else. Try...

France Returns Sacred Drum to Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST—ABC News reports that France has repatriated a sacred talking drum looted from West Africa’s Ivory Coast in 1916 by French colonial authorities. The 950-pound drum, known as Djidji Ayôkwé, or “panther-lion,” was used by the Atchan people of...

Archaeologists Reconstruct 3,500-Year-Old Loom Reconstruction of a Bronze Age loom on display at the Archaeological Museum of Alcoi, Spain ALICANTE, SPAIN—According to a statement released by Antiquity, a team of researchers led by Ricardo E. Basso Rial of the University of Granada has analyzed and...

Roman Fortlet Excavated in Scotland Preserved wood during excavation of a ditch in the Roman fortlet, Bearsden, Scotland BEARSDEN, SCOTLAND—A small Roman fort that likely housed between 20 and 50 soldiers has been discovered in Scotland along the route of the Antonine Wall, according to a Live Science...

Study Suggests Neanderthals Hunted Elephants Some 125,000 Years Ago MODENA, ITALY—Sci News reports that Neanderthals may have hunted straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) some 125,000 years ago in northeastern Germany at the site of Neumark-Nord. “The straight-tusked elephant was an iconic species of the...