Monumentum
Mithraeum of Carrawburgh
The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.
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Reconstrucción de una ceremonia en el Mitreo de Carrawburgh
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Carrawburgh Mithraeum Altar
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The three mithraic altars of Carrawburgh side by side
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Altar from Carrawburgh
The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA)
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA)
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
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The temple of Mithras was excavated by I. A. Richmond and J. P. Gillam, disclosing three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions. The earliest shire was a small one, and had been deliberately dismantled. It contained the usual anteroom and nave with raised couches or benches at each side, and a daïs for altars at the far end. In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones.
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