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CIMRM Supplement - Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi, Naples, Italy![]() The complex. From here.
[img:naples_slide_26.jpg|left|400px|Roman Naples. From here. ![]() Tauroctony. From: Twitter. By Mylius Mylius, 2016.
![]() Tauroctony. From: Twitter. By Mylius Mylius, 2016.
![]() The panel that explains what we're looking at. From: Twitter. By Mylius Mylius, 2016.
![]() Tauroctony. From: Twitter. By Mylius Mylius, 2016.
![]() General view of the ruins. From: Twitter. By Mylius Mylius, 2016.
![]() Found online here.
![]() Map of the excavations. Found online here.
[img:naples_img_5249.jpg|left|400px|Tauroctony in context]. A Mithraeum in two rooms was discovered in 1943 under the ruins of the church of Carminiello ai Mannesi, a few streets from the Duomo or Cathedral of Naples. A 1st century bath complex stood on the site, two rooms of which were converted into a Mithraeum in the 2nd century AD. The whole complex went out of use at the end of the 4th century, and the site was used as landfill. From Napoli Unplugged, by Bonnie Alberts, 2011:
From here:
Bibliography There are the following guides to the Complesso Archeologico di Carminiello ai Mannesi (via Wikipedia):
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