Mithraic monuments of Hermopolis
In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.
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Location Aegyptus , today in the area of El Ashmunein (Egypt )
From the Wikipedia Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. Its Egyptian name Khemenu derives from the eight deities said to reside in the city. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century. It was abandoned after the Muslim conquest of Egypt but was restored as both a Latin Catholic and a Coptic Orthodox titular see. Its remains are located.
Canonical URL https://www.mithraeum.eu/location/38
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Published on 22 Apr 2023
Updated on 21 May 2026
