Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

Between 1882 and 1883 PálKirály and his team excavated the only Mithraic sanctuary (mihraeum) known from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. The mithraeum was published in a separate monograph and in various articles, attracting also the interest of the international scholarship – entering in the bibliography, as the „biggest” sanctuary ever found outside Rome.

[…] Without entering in details about the excavation, it is important to mention some particularities of this find. First, the extreme number of the monuments (around 260 artifacts) is so unusual, that it suggest or a…