{"id":3210,"date":"2011-08-27T21:47:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T03:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2011-08-27T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T03:47:19","slug":"mother-goddess-temple-or-brothel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3210","title":{"rendered":"Mother Goddess Temple or Brothel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the fascinating&#8221;mortuary archaeology&#8221; blog <em>Bones Don&#8217;t Lie, <\/em>diverse explanations for the<a href=\"http:\/\/bonesdontlie.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/18\/the-babies-and-the-brothel\/\"> collection of babies&#8217; skeletons in a ruin from Roman Britain. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dr. [Jill] Eyers continues to argues for the brothel hypothesis, finding that further research and the combination of the human remains with archaeological evidence only further supports her conclusions. However this has been called into question by archaeologists, like Brett Thorn, who argue that the site also has evidence of a Mother Goddess cult, and may represent an area where women went to give birth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonesdontlie.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/18\/the-babies-and-the-brothel\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the fascinating&#8221;mortuary archaeology&#8221; blog Bones Don&#8217;t Lie, diverse explanations for the collection of babies&#8217; skeletons in a ruin from Roman Britain. Dr. [Jill] Eyers continues to argues for the brothel hypothesis, finding that further research and the combination of the human remains with archaeological evidence only further supports her conclusions. However this has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,21,56],"class_list":["post-3210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-england","tag-rome"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-PM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3378,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3378","url_meta":{"origin":3210,"position":0},"title":"Is This Ancient Image an Etruscan Mother Goddess?","author":"Chas S. 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