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Locus

Hawarte (Hawarte)

Al-Ankawi is a Syrian town located in the Ziyarah Subdistrict of the al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama Governorate.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Hawarte

Late Roman Mithraeum beneath a fourth-century church, preserving one of the most extensive cycles of Mithraic wall paintings ever discovered.

Monumentum

Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte

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.

Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte

This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.

Monumentum

Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte

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.

Textus

The mithraeum at Hawarte and its paintings

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Textus

A Ray of Light for Mithras

A Mithraeum in Hawarte, Syria, appears to have been designed so that sunlight reached the cult image at key moments of the year, especially around the winter solstice.

Monumentum

Mithras triumphant over the Sun

Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.

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