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Ritual lamps and cult equipment from Rudchester

Stone lamp installation, vessels and bronze chain links associated with ritual activity inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Stone laver from Rudchester

Sandstone ritual basin discovered in situ beside the north bench of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Heads of torchbearers from Rudchester

Sculpted stone heads and statue fragments belonging to Mithraic torchbearers from the nave of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.

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Uninscribed altars from Rudchester

Group of five uninscribed ritual altars discovered at different points inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

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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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Mithras

Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present.

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Jayel Laing Lyne Sittius Caecilianus

Y DNA E-M183/E-M81 Roman Numidian & Celtic Scot/Brit from Borders of Scotland and England (desc. from Numidian Tribunes/Prefects of Hadrians & High Rochester)

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Adam Arkfeld

I have been investigating an archaelogical site in the Northern Shenandoah valley of Virginia. TL and C14 dates from iron smelting materials are circa 150 AD.

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Chris Plummer

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Tauroctony from York

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

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Small altar "Deo Invicto" with boar relief from Lancaster

A small ara from Longovicium (modern Lancaster), bearing a fragmentary dedication to the Invincible God and decorated on the left side with a relief of a boar.

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Small altar dedicated to Mithras, Cautopates and Sol Invictus from Lancaster

A small altar from Longovicium (modern Lancaster), bearing a brief inscription dedicated to Deus Mithras, Cautopates and Sol Invictus.

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