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CIMRM Supplement - Supposed "temple of Mithras". Dohuk, Iraq.![]() From: Kurdistan photos. By "Roxane photo". Accessed 4th March 2014. "Temple d'Anahita - Site archéologique de Dohuk - Anahita's temple - Dohuk archaeological site - Dohuk - Dahouk - Dahuk" ... "Anahita, déesse de la mythologie perse, était la mère de Mithra le dieu-soleil."
![]() From: Kurdish Aspect: "The newly discovered Zoroastrian Temple near Jar Ston Cave near Duhok; The picture shows the inside of the cave."
In 2009 a news article in Bloomberg reported the discovery of a "temple" of Mithras in Dohuk, in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq1
This story has been repeated on other sites. However a similar report appears in 2006, but this time it is of a temple of Anahita2:
Francis Deblauwe comments:3
So far there seems no evidence of any connection with Mithras, nor indeed with the Zoroastrian deity Mithra.
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