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The Rest Is HistoryNovember 2, 2021
114. Stonehenge, ancient ritual and the origins of paganism
About This Episode
Like Merlin, who lived his life in reverse, we go backwards in time as we continue our two-part series on paganism. Renaissance philosophers; green men; a pagan city in the early caliphate; hooded gods on Hadrian’s Wall; Stonehenge; cannibals (or were they?) in Cheddar Gorge; and the oldest evidence ever found of pagan practice in Britain. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook
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“Cicero writes a book about the nature of the gods in which he discusses every theory that's being aired about the divine in his time.”
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“In your wonderful book, Pagan Britain, you describe a group of elderly women who were found at Kimmeridge in Dorset who'd had their heads chopped off, their lower jaws removed, put by their feet.”
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“I particularly recommend The Statues of the Sun as we go into winter, if you want to keep your spirits up, all kinds of festive paganism there.”
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“your most recent book, The Making of Cromwell, absolutely superb book.”
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