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An underground temple to Mithras was sealed shut by early Christians 1,700 years ago

Beneath the ruins of a Roman military garrison in southeastern Turkey, an underground temple dedicated to the god Mithras sat ...

A 1,700-year-old inscription found at a Mithras temple mentions Jesus Christ and may show how Christianity overtook a mysterious Roman cult

An Aramaic inscription found at Zerzevan Castle documents the closure of a Mithras temple. This ancient text provides rare ...
Yahoo

1,600-year-old temple to mysterious Roman god unearthed in Germany. Take a look

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Torch lights flicker in the underground space, illuminating the stone statues and casting shadows on the gathering. Military men ...
The Guardian

London archaeologists seek public’s help to restore Temple of Mithras

Archaeologists working on an ancient Roman site in the centre of London are calling on members of the public to share their memories, memorabilia and photographs of the site when it was first ...
Digital Journal

Roman Temple of Mithras lies beneath Bloomberg HQ in London (Includes first-hand account)

Almost 2,000 years ago the Romans built a temple next to the river Thames in London, to one of their most mysterious cult figures, Mithras the bull-slayer. The temple has been restored and it is now ...
The Guardian

Temple of Mithras comes home

One Saturday afternoon in September 1954, a handsome, faintly smiling god looked up from the London mud. His name was Mithras, and the rediscovered Roman temple to his cult became a sensation in a ...