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A fact from Favissa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that favissae were underground pits dedicated to the disposal of votive offerings that were no longer in use?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that favissae were underground pits dedicated to the disposal of votive offerings that were no longer in use?

Sources:

Daremberg, Charles Victor; Saglio, Edmond (1873). Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines, d'après les textes et les monuments (in French). Vol. 2 part 2. University of Ottawa. Paris : Hachette. p. 1024.
Lacovara, Peter (2016). The World of Ancient Egypt: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Daily Life Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-230-4.
Lipinski, Edouard (2003), "Phoenician Cult Expressions in the Persian Period", Phoenician Cult Expressions in the Persian Period, Penn State University Press, pp. 297–308, doi:10.1515/9781575065458-022/html, ISBN 978-1-57506-545-8, retrieved 2023-07-16
Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938). Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German). Heidelberg: Carl Winter. p. 467.

ALT1: ... that favissae, ancient cultic storage pits or underground cellars, were used by various Mediterranean civilizations to house sacred utensils and votive objects that were no longer in use?

Sources: idem

- Reviewed: Cardinal of Portugal's altarpiece

Created by Elias Ziade (talk). Self-nominated at 13:16, 16 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Favissa; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

@Elias Ziade: Article new and long enough, copyvio not detected. Hook fact cited inline, if in a long statement, but it's there and verifiable. Pending QPQ. Juxlos (talk) 04:16, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Juxlos QPQ done. el.ziade (talkallam) 07:33, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then. Juxlos (talk) 09:31, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]