Dura Europos in The New Mithraeum

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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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Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

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In this fresco from Dura Europas, Mithras hunts accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

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

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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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Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.

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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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One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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Ἔθφανει ἰστρατηγα

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The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.

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