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Altar of Inveresk with a griffin

This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.

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Mithras rock-born from Housesteads

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

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DANIEL TORODE

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Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

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Ang Langrick

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Philip Wharmby

Retired Health Service Accounts clerk. I have been interested in Roman history probably since I was 8, many years ago.

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Neil Wallace

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London Mithraeum

The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.

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Altar with openwork of Inveresk

The altar of Sol from Inveresk, Scotland, was pierced, probably to illuminate part of the temple with a particular effect.

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Darrell Boag

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Tim Harley

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Tauroctonia de Walbrook

The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.

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Chris Huff

Archaeologist, would be historian, Psychic, published Author, Tea Drinker and Motorcycle Rider.

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Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans

The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.

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Allen Woods

I am a visitor tour guide up on Housesteads Fort on hadrians Wall

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