Credit: Anna Efetova via Getty Images It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities.

It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, after Christianity ...

CULT OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS n the religious mix ... meals in their private little chapels and so from the perspective of a pagan walking down the street of some of these cities, it probably would ...