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Terrae Transmarinae

@transmarinae

Mithraeum (place for worship of Mithras) cut into the hillside across the street from a church in Tiddis, Algeria. At the entrance are bull heads and a winged phallus in relief and an inscription to the unconquered Mithras. See images in threat. #Mithras #Tiddis

7:16 PM · Feb 7, 2020

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Terrae Transmarinae

@transmarinae

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Feb 7, 2020

A bull head (left) and phallus with legs and wings (right) at the entrance to the Mithraeum in #Tiddis.

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Terrae Transmarinae

@transmarinae

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Feb 7, 2020

I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo // aedificarun[t] To the unconquered Mithras, his devotees built this from their own funds. ILAlg. 2, 3576. 2nd-3rd c. CE. #Mithras #Tiddis

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Dr Alan Montgomery

@_RomanBritain

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Feb 7, 2020

What an amazing site - any photos of the interior?

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Terrae Transmarinae

@transmarinae

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Feb 7, 2020

Nothing very good, unfortunately. Here are two photos from inside, and a closer view of the entrance.

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Noah Nonsense

@noah_nonsense

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Feb 8, 2020

There seems some doubt that the cave was indeed a Mithraeum. It is listed in Vermaseren, CIMRM 162.

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Terrae Transmarinae

@transmarinae

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Feb 8, 2020

"Yet it is our opinion, that from these two finds only it may not be concluded that the sanctuary was exactly on this spot." So the Mithraeum could have been elsewhere, and there are other caves nearby...

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Archéosites,plateforme d’Archéologie 2.0.

@Archeosites

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Feb 7, 2020

We have the same kind of Mithraneum in German of Saarbrücken. Stone was extract to create half a cave, pilars and walls closed the whole thing. Far by distance, close by kind of site🤠

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K.Esposito-Sforza

@EspositoSforza

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Feb 7, 2020

Was Mithras worship in any other country, particularly Italy?

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Ritterton

@Ritterton

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Feb 8, 2020

Thanks for sharing this #mithraeum

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Jonathan "Grandmother Fish" Tweet

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Feb 9, 2020

Not a historical figure. He was said to have been born from a rock, meaning he was not a human. Humans with divine births were said to be born of women, maybe virgins.

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