Posted on 01/13/2018 2:05:58 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
It is believed that soldiers and merchants gathered in these secret temples drinking, feasting and performing rituals that may have involved simulating death and rebirth, and even some nakedness...
...They were very effective at keeping their knowledge a secret, so we really don't know a lot about what went on in the Mithraeum ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
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