Monumentum
Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea
The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.
Tomb-niche of Aelia Arisuth.
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Torch bearer from the tomb of Aelia Arisuth.
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The New Mithraeum
6 Dec 2022
Updated on Sep 2023
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In one of the walls there is a niche in which the tomb. The niche is completely painted over as well as the adjoining walls. On its back-wall a dead person is represented. Dressed in an expensive tunic, he lies down amongst flowers and trees. On the sidewalls of the niche, on either side, a painted naked genius, putting their hands up to their faces in mourning. On the front-side of the tomb a scene, of which only a standing person with outstretched arm has been preserved. Next to the niche on
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