The initiated history of the ancient world
Veiled Antiquity
Mystery cults, forbidden rites and lost knowledge from the ancient world — researched carefully, told honestly, and never tidier than the evidence allows.
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Mystery Cults of the Ancient World: A Guide to the Rites Nobody Wrote Down
For a thousand years, hundreds of thousands of people were initiated into secret rites across the Mediterranean. Almost none of them talked. Here is what we actually know — and how we know it.
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