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Possible sanctuary at Kavag-Dağ

Possible Mithras sanctuary at a grotto entrance in the Kavag-Dağ, Lycia; the identification remains purely hypothetical according to Cumont.
 
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Updated on May 2026
Anti in Mon. Ant. XXIX, 1923, 692 thought that a temple built at the entrance of a grotto in the Kavag-Dag might have been a Mithras-sanctuary. According to Cumont (M. As. Min., 71 n. 3) “c’est une pure hypothèse”.

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