Megalithic Portal: Latest from Lazio/Roma, Italy

Mount Cimino Votive Site

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:30:00 GMT

]]>Mountaintop Etruscan Site excavated. Ancient Temple in Lazio/Roma.Proposed sacred site where Etruscans worshiped gods and burned sacred objects in their honor 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists led by have carried out excavations on the 3,200-foot summit for the past three years.

Nemi Temple of Diana

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:45:21 GMT

]]>Golden Bough from Roman mythology 'found in Italy'. See comment.. Ancient Temple in Lazio/Roma.This is the famous Temple of Diana at Lake Nemi about 25km south-east of Rome. Its modern fame comes largely from the descriptions and analysis in both James Frasier's "Golden Bough" and in Robert Graves' "The White Goddess" (both recommended). According to those books this temple complex is the epicentre of the Mediterranean pre-Christian matriarchal cult of Danae (Diana, or the Tuatha de Danaan) and along with Diana it is also the home of "Rex Nemorensis" the "King of the Wood" - always an escaped slave that must slay the old Rex Nemorensis in order to become the new King of the Wood. Needless to say the King of the Wood could apparently look forward to a lifetime of sleeping with one eye open.

Nettuno Tomb

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:01:25 GMT

. Ancient Tomb in Lazio/Roma

Alatri Temple

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:23:02 GMT

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Civitella Cesi Etruscan Tomb

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:27:07 GMT

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Tarquinia

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:41:35 GMT

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Lupercale Shrine

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:53:57 GMT

First Dec. 25 Xmas Tied to Pagan Shrine, see comment. Cave in Lazio/Roma. Sacred Cave of Rome's founders discovered, according to archaeologist. They say they have unearthed Lupercale - the sacred cave where, according to legend, a she-wolf nursed the twin founders of Rome and where the city itself was born.

Rome.

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:03:50 GMT

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Cerveteri Necropoli della Banditaceia

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:08:29 GMT

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Mura Ciclopiche San Felice Circeo

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:46:21 GMT

. Stone Fort in Lazio/Roma