Mithraeum of Skikda

In 1845 a Mithraeum was discovered at Rusicade on the slope of the hill Bou Vala, NW of Philippeville, in the garden of Nobelly. About its architecture we have only a few data by Fenech, Histoire de Philippeville, s.d. 33ff, who "a une portion de canal recelait ces statues." Of its interior we know more through the sculptures found in it, all of which is now in the Museum at Philippeville. According to an information of Dr. L. Leschi, to whose kind intercession we also owe our reproductions, a bust of Caracalla (211-217) has been found in the neighbourhood, which might be an important clue in dating the sanctuary…