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Memphis

Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city.

Mithraic monuments of Memphis

At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described.

CIMRM 91

This Mithras killing the Bull relief from Memphis, Egypt, it is preserved in the Museum of Cairo.

CIMRM 93

Discovered in Memphis, Egypt, a second relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.

CIMRM 92

Statue in limestone (H. 0.75).

CIMRM 95

Fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0040).

CIMRM 96

Statuette in limestone (H. 0.50).

CIMRM 97

Upper part of a statue in limestone (H. 0040).

CIMRM 98

Badly damaged fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0.25).

CIMRM 99

Statue in limestone (H. 0.50).

CIMRM 100

Two figures of women, of which it is not sure that they have been found inside the enclosure of the Mithraeum (H. 0.45 and 0.50).

CIMRM 101