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There are 28 entries with the keyword festivals. The Adonia festival (1) Antiochene spring festival during Commodus' reign 180-192 CE (1) Autumn New Year's festival (1) Babylonian substitute king festival (1) Byblos sanctuary of Aphrodite (1) Celebration of Adonia in Antioch (1) Continuity of Babylonian festivals (1) The cult of Adonis (1) The cult of Nabû in the 4th century (1) Death and resurrection of Adonis (1) A festival of Hierapolis (1) A festival of Hierapolis (2) A festival of Hierapolis (3) Greek festival of Adonis and Aphrodite (1) John the Lydian on the Maiuma festival (1) Maiuma festival in Antioch (1) The Maiuma spring festival (1) The Maiuma spring festival (2) The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (1) The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (2) The New Year festival in Edessa (1) The New Year of the Mandeans (1) Religious festival of Mesopotamian origin in Edessa (1) A spring festival in Edessa, 496 CE (1) A spring festival in Edessa, 498 CE (1) A spring festival in Edessa, 499 CE (1) A spring festival in Edessa, 502 CE (1) The Tammuz feast of Harranian Sabians (1)
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