The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

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Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

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This shrine developed towards the end of 1st century and remained active until late 3rd.

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Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

About the foundation of the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardan the Bedouins tell a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that there was a Mithraeum there, but this interpretation is very doubtful.

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Tauroctony found at Arshawi-Kibar, Syria.

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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.

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The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Huwarti preserves colourful frescoes.

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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.

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The relief depict several original scenes from the myth of Mithras.

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