The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
In 1824–1825 C. F. L. Lohner made excavations in the Renzenbühl, a pasture, at about half an hour's distance from Thun "am Ende der Thunallmend, unter der Strasze von Thun nach Amsoldingen". Here he determined the outline of five apartments, one or more of which may have served as a Mithraeum, but this remains questionable.Lohner in Der Schweizerische Geschichtsforscher VIII, 1834, 430ff; A. Jahn, Der Kanton Bern Deutschen Theils. Bern 1850, 253ff; MMM II 503f No. 239bis and fig. 447; O. Tschumi in Das Amt Thun I, 1943, 155ff; Staehelin, Schweiz, 562; O. Tschumi, Urgeschichte des Kantons Bern, 369…
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