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The National Museum of Scotland has added to its permanent collection two stone altars of exceptional craftsmanship from the Roman fort of Inveresk, in East Lothian, and the pieces will be displayed ...

This review is part of a series of Must-See shows, in which a writer delivers a snapshot of a current exhibition Almost everything about the cult of Mithras remains unknown. Practised in secrecy and ...

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point. The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest Mithraic sanctuary so ...

What began as a routine intervention, a preliminary procedure for urban development in the historic heart of Regensburg, has transformed into a finding of extraordinary significance for understanding ...

Preventive excavations at Stahlzwingerweg 6 revealed the remains of a wooden sanctuary. The significance of the structure became clear only after the combined analysis of all excavation phases. No ...

Archaeologists working in a sanctuary in Bavaria, Germany, have uncovered a rare collection of ritual objects that shed light on the early Roman cult of Mithras, a deity of Persian origin who was ...