Temple of Goddess Demeter Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Aigai, Turkey

Temple of Goddess Demeter Unearthed in Ancient Greek City of Aigai, Turkey

The ancient Greek city of Aigai, present-day Turkey. Credit: Klaus-Peter Simon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists have uncovered a temple dedicated to Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility, during excavations in the ancient Greek city of Aigai (Greek: Αἰγαί) in western Turkey. The discovery sheds new light on the city’s religious practices and its reliance on divine blessings in a harsh landscape. A city rooted i…