whywoulditellyou t1_jcybo63 wrote
Reply to comment by sushixyz in Saudi Arabia stone ruins were pilgrimage sites, where an ancient cult gathered to sacrifice animals about 7,000 years ago by marketrent
Cult in this context is not meant in the derogatory sense it is used today. Rather, it refers to the ritual worship of a group. For example, the worship in the Temple in ancient Israel would be referred to as the “Temple cult” even if a majority of the tribes at any time also believed the same.
sushixyz t1_jcybrp1 wrote
Thank you I did not know that
fighterace00 t1_jczxt5z wrote
The word cult is not even mentioned in the article at all.
marketrent OP t1_jd0vp9q wrote
>fighterace00
>The word cult is not even mentioned in the article at all.
‘Cult’ is the first word in the title of the peer-reviewed research article:
>Kennedy M, Strolin L, McMahon J, Franklin D, Flavel A, et al. (2023) Cult, herding, and ‘pilgrimage’ in the Late Neolithic of north-west Arabia: Excavations at a mustatil east of AlUla. PLOS ONE 18(3): e0281904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281904
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