Published by the Julio Caro Baroja Institute of Historiography (UC3M) in collaboration with the ARYS Association, the journal is dedicated to the study of the interaction between religious and social phenomena in the ancient world. It is an annual, multilingual publication. Each volume includes a monographic section—edited under its own scholarly direction—a miscellaneous section, and a book review section.

The journal ARYS. Antiquity: Religions and Societies is indexed in several prestigious repositories and included in recognised editorial evaluation systems, reflecting its established academic quality and international reach:

  • Repositories in which it is indexed: ATLA RDB; CAPES (Brazil, ranked A3 in the field of History); DICE; DOAJ; Dulcinea; EBSCO Discovery Service; ERIH Plus; ESCI (Clarivate); Humanities Source Ultimate; Interclassica; L’Année Philologique; Latindex 2.0; MIAR; MLA; OpenAlex; REBIUN; REDIB; RESH.

  • Editorial evaluation platforms where it has been assessed (2023): ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca, Italy, Category A); CARHUS Plus+ 2025 (B); CIRC (B); Dialnet (C1); FECYT (Quality Seal); SJR (Q2); Scopus (40th percentile).

    ARYS renewed its FECYT Quality Seal and certificate of excellence in 2024.

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No. 22 (2024)

Oh My Gods! Where Are You? Polytheism along Nicole Belayche’s Path

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, Francesco Massa & Beatriz Pañeda Murcia   (Eds.)

Published: 2024-12-16

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The journal ARYS. Antiquity: Religions and Societies was originally established as a platform for the eponymous association founded in 1988, whose objectives are to promote research into the social and religious dynamics of the ancient world and to disseminate knowledge in these fields.

In its early years, the publication was hosted as part of a dedicated series by Ediciones Clásicas. Beginning in 1992, the series included not only the proceedings of the Association’s annual meetings, but also other volumes, such as the Homenaje a José María Blázquez, which comprised six volumes, and the Primer encuentro de historiadores del mundo griego, among others. This original ARYS series produced eight issues, encompassing a total of fourteen volumes.

Over time, the ARYS Association resolved to transform the series into an annual journal, with the aim of securing a stable and recognisable level of scholarly quality. The Publications Service of the University of Huelva welcomed the initiative with enthusiasm, supported by the unwavering financial backing of the University itself. Consequently, the journal's first volume appeared in 1998, initially on a biennial basis and from the outset adopting a peer-review process. Since 2010, the journal has been published annually, and since 2014 it has been jointly edited by the ARYS Association and the “Julio Caro Baroja” Institute of Historiography at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. In 2016, the publishing house Dykinson also joined the endeavour.