Mithraic monuments of Hawarte
Mithraeum of Hawarte
Late Roman Mithraeum beneath a fourth-century church, preserving one of the most extensive cycles of Mithraic wall paintings ever discovered.
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte
This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
In one of Hawarte’s frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.
References
- Dobrochna Zielińska (2010) Hawarte. Project for the reconstruction of the painted decoration of the mithraeum
- Levente Nagy. The Short History of Time in the Mysteries of Mithras: The Order of Chaos, the City of Darkness, and the Iconography of Beginnings
- Michal Gawlikowski (2011) A Ray of Light for Mithras
- Michal Gawlikowski (2012) Excavations in Hawarte 2008–2009
- Michał Gawlikowski (1999) Hawarte Excavations
- Michał Gawlikowski (2001) Le mithraeum de Haouarte (Apamène)
- Michał Gawlikowski (2015) The mithraeum at Hawarte and its paintings
- Michel Gawlikowski (2000) Un nouveau mithraeum récemment découvert à Huarté près d'Apamée
- Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw. Hawarte - Huarte - Hawarti
- Richard Lindsay Gordon (2001) Trajets de Mithra en Syrie romaine
