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Mithraeum of Crimea

The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.
Mithraeum of Crimea.
 
The New Mithraeum
24 Aug 2021
Updated on May 2026
E. von Stern in Klio IX, 1909, 149 n. 3 gives a short notice about the discovery of a Mithraeum at Aitador in Crimea:

Im Aitador, in dem Besitz S. Kaiserl. Hoheit des Grossfürsten Alexander Michailowicz, sind bei den Ausgrabungen, die der sieh für die Archaologie interessierende Grossfürst ausführt, nicht nur die Reste eines romischen Lagers, sondem auch eines Tempels mit Votivgaben und eines Mithräums aufgedeckt worden.

In Aitador, in the possession of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander Michailowicz. Highness of the Grand Duke Alexander Michailowicz…

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