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Dura Europos (Tal hal Hariri / Es-Sâlihiyeh / As Salhiyah)

Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman frontier city built on the Euphrates River. It was founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator. The Romans took Dura-Europos in 165 AD.

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Painted scenes from the Mithras legend at Dura Europos

Around the relief with Mithras as a bullkiller, a number of scenes from the Mithras Iegend have been painted in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos

Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

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Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos

Antonius Valentinus, centurio, made this plaque for the salut des empereurs Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurelius.

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Painted plaster with foliage from Dura-Europos

Fragments of wall plaster decorated with green leaves and tree branches, adhering to the south wall of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses

This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

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Mithras hunting from Dura Europos

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

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Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos

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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Graffito on the sacred nitre

Greek ritual graffito scratched on wall plaster in the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, mentioning the “fiery exhalation” and the “sacred nitre” of the Magi.

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Altars of Dura Europos

Three plaster altars within the main altar of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos, two of them with traces of fire and cinders.

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List of Mithraic grades from Dura-Europos

Partial list of Mithraic initiatory grade titles attested in inscriptions from the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos.

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Wall plaster inscription fragment from Dura-Europos

Fragmentary inscription on wall plaster from the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria, with partially legible text.

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Inscription to Tourmasgade from Dura Europos

This inscription by a certain Ioulianos, found at the entrance to the Dolichenum at Dura Europos, bears an inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras et Tourmasgade.

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Phallic Miscellanies. Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India

India, beyond all other countries on the face of the earth, is preeminently the home of the worship of the Phallus—Linga puja. It has been so for ages and remains so still.

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Testimonios de un culto oriental entre los astures transmontanos. La lápida y el santuario mitraicos de San Juan de la Isla (Asturias)

La localización de una comunidad mitraísta en San Juan de la Isla posee un notable interés, debido a la débil popularidad de este culto oriental entre las poblaciones de Hispania.

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Column with inscription from Dura Europos

The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.

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Mithraeum of Dura Europos

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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Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

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Figure fragment from the banquet scene at Dura-Europos

Fragment of a figure dressed like Mithras in the banquet scene, found in the rubble of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Price list from Dura-Europos

Fragmentary Greek graffito from Dura-Europos recording the prices of everyday goods such as wine, meat, wood and lamp wicks.

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