The Roman imperial cult (Latin: cultus imperatorius) identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas)...

are an important source for ancient Greek culture, though Greek funerals are not as well documented as those of the ancient Romans. The Mycenaeans practiced...

Roman funerary practices include the Ancient Romans' religious rituals concerning funerals, cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition...

practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices....

Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered...

number of ancient civilizations. Athletics and games such as wrestling are depicted on Sumerian statues dating from approximately 2600 BC, and funeral games...

Julius Caesar's funeral games confirmed his deification; a discernible Greek influence on Roman interpretation. Most of Rome's mystery cults were derived...

Funerary practices in different cultures A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with...

The use of masks in the ancestor cult is also attested in Etruria. Excavations of tombs in the area of the ancient city of Clusium (modern Chiusi, Tuscany)...

sometimes bizarre, yet full of ancient wisdom. Like other cults from the eastern regions of the Mediterranean, the cult of Isis attracted Greeks and Romans...

funeral, which "no normal person could comprehend". According to the Cult Information Centre's general secretary Ian Haworth, the Kidwelly rape cult had...

to this purpose. Funerary cults are found in a wide variety of cultures. Funerary cults are especially associated with ancient Egypt, where it was common...

first illustrations of dance in ancient Egypt come from scenes in Old Kingdom tombs of performers associated with funerals. Researcher Irena Lexová authored...

The Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty...

capital, Alexandria. Serapis's origins are not known. Some ancient authors claim the cult of Serapis was established at Alexandria by Alexander the Great...

Theology of Cult Statues in Ancient Egypt". In Dick, Michael B. (ed.). Born in Heaven, Made on Earth: The Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East...

god himself. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. In Orphism...

A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, is the result of an effort which is made to create an idealized and heroic image of a glorious leader,...

2000. Olympia: Cult, Sport, and Ancient Festival. Princeton, NJ: M. Wiener. Valavanis, Panos. 2004. Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece: Olympia...

sacrifice in Başur Höyük in Turkey. 2500 BC: Human sacrifice was performed in ancient city of Ur. 1700–1550 BC: Evidence of human sacrifice by Kerma culture...

of ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek...

The clergy of ancient Egypt was made up of a multitude of priests and priestesses who worshipped the many gods of the Egyptian religion. In Egyptian thought...

godfathers for All Saints' Day. This tradition has its origin in the ancient funeral cults in which mourning was expressed by a woman's cutting off her braided...

supporting stringed and wind instruments, and were used in certain religious cults. Ancient Greek mathematics contributed many important developments to the field...

Publishing Group. p. 213. King, Charles W. (2020). The Ancient Roman Afterlife: Di Manes, Belief, and the Cult of the Dead. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press...

made of far, the ancient wheat-type particularly associated with Ceres. From at least the mid-republican era, an official, joint cult to Ceres and Proserpina...

initiated a happy afterlife. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on ancient agrarian cults of agricultural communities. In Athens, the...

machines were also used in ancient Rome, e.g. during the sometimes highly dramatic performances at funerals. For Julius Caesar's funeral service, Appian reports...

Wycherley, R. (1970). Minor Shrines in Ancient Athens. Phoenix, 24(4), 283–295. doi:10.2307/1087735 "CULT OF HEKATE : Ancient Greek religion". Theoi.com. Retrieved...

Min (Ancient Egyptian: mnw), also called Menas, is an ancient Egyptian god whose cult originated in the predynastic period (4th millennium BCE). He was...