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Locus

Memphis

Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city.

Mithraic monuments of Memphis

 

Mithraeum of Memphis (Kom Dafbaby)

At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described.

CIMRM 91

 

Tauroctony of Memphis

This Mithras killing the Bull relief from Memphis, Egypt, it is preserved in the Museum of Cairo.

CIMRM 93

 

Tauroctony of Memphis

Discovered in Memphis, Egypt, a second relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.

CIMRM 92