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Almost 2,000 years ago the Romans built a temple next to the river Thames in London, to one of their most mysterious cult figures, Mithras the bull-slayer. The temple has been restored and it is now ...

German archaeologists have discovered new insights into Bavaria's Roman past from an ancient buried temple where Roman legionaries once worshipped the sun god Mithras.View on euronews ...

Two stone altars, unearthed at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and now acquired for the nation, will make their public debut in a new exhibition. The artefacts once formed the heart of the Roman Empire's ...

Matthew McCarty explores the cult worship of the ancient Persian god Mithras. Matthew McCarty, assistant professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of British Columbia, explores the cult which ...

Two “stunning” stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are to go on show for the first time in a new exhibition. The altars were once the centrepiece of the ...

The cult was around at the same time as the start of Christianity.

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

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Archaeologists in Trier found a stone statue connected to Mithras, a mysterious Roman god, and located an ancient cult space, photos show. Screengrab from Südwestrundfunk (SWR)'s video Torch lights ...