Monumentum
Mithäum II von Heddernheim
Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.
Mithraeum II at Heddernheim.
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2026
Mithraeum II found in 1826 about 150 mtrs West of Mithraeum I.The finds are in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden. Many thanks to the Director Dr. H. Schoppa for his kind permission to take new photographs.Habel in Ann. Ver. Nass. Alt. I (2) 1830, 189ff and plan Pl. V; Lajard, Rech., Pl. CVI; Wolff, Römerkastell Grosskr., Pl. IV; MMM II 369ff No. 252 and fig. 267. See fig. 284.The lay-out and the dimensions of Mithraeum II do not differ very much from those of Mithraeum I. At its south side, near B, one enters by means of seven steps (Br. ± 1.00); the sanctuary proper (L. 13.40 Br. 6.08 Deep 1.35)…
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