Mithras Temple (London)
The Mithras Temple is one of the most important archaeological finds from Roman times in London .
The sanctuary (called Mithraeum ) was dedicated to the god Mithras and was discovered in 1954 during construction work on Walbrook , a street in the City of London . The mithraeum was built in the middle of the 3rd century, in the early fourth century it was possibly rededicated in honor of Bacchus .
The excavations were carried out by the Archaeological Service of the Museum of London . Several figures of gods made of white marble imported from Italy, such as B. Minerva , Mercurius , Serapis and Mithras themselves as well as Venus figures made on site from clay.
The Mithraeum originally stood on the eastern bank of the Walbrook , a creek that now flows underground. Since the Mithraeum stood in the way of a construction project, the entire excavated facility was moved a few dozen meters to Queen Victoria Street. There the ruins could be viewed publicly. As part of a new building ("Bloomberg Building"), the excavations were moved back to the original location and integrated into a new exhibition that opened in November 2017.
literature
- John D. Shepherd: The Temple of Mithras, London: excavations by WF Grimes and A. Williams at the Walbrook. English Heritage, London 1998.
Web links
- Exhibition website
- Information of the Museum of London (Engl.)
- The Grimes' London Archives ( Memento of July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/design/exclusive-new-bloomberg-hq-norman-foster-square-mile-a3662641.html
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 45 " N , 0 ° 5 ′ 26.2" W.