Subterranean Mithraic Temple Sealed at Zerzevan Castle, Inscription Links Mithras and Christianity
Archaeologists uncovered a sealed underground Mithraic temple at Zerzevan Castle and an Aramaic inscription documenting its closure, which mentions both Mithras and Jesus Christ and references the Holy Cross.
According to dailysabah, a subterranean Mithraic temple at Zerzevan Castle in Diyarbakır, Turkey, was sealed about 1,700 years ago.
Times of India reported that an Aramaic inscription found at Zerzevan Castle documents the closure of a Mithras temple and dates to the third or fourth century AD.
The same Times of India report noted that the inscription mentions both Mithras and Jesus Christ and includes references to the Holy Cross, indicating a Christian presence.
Ancientist.com stated that the inscription was examined through Aramaic and Syriac epigraphy.
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