The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on Feb 2026
A Mithraeum was discovered in 1866 near Fertőrákos at the S-W end of Lake Fertő. The place is now called "Mythras barlang", and is situated at a distance of 20 mtrs. from the Sopron (Scarbantia)–Carnuntum road. The finds are in Sopron.Kenner in MCC XII, 1867, 119 ff. and fig. 1; Király, Hunyad, VI, 1889; MMM II 327 ff. No. 223 and fig. 194; Hinks in Bruton, Fort Manck., Pl. 14; Massalsky in BCR LXIX, 1941 (1943), 160 ff. and fig. 1.The sanctuary (L. 5.20) has on its west side and probably on its north side a wall-construction, but on the other sides it consists of natural rock…
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