London Mithraeum

The Mithraic temple is one of the most important archaeological finds from the Roman period in London. The temple ( called Mithraeum ) was dedicated to the god Mithras and was discovered in 1954 during construction work in Walbrook, a street in the City of London. Was built in the middle of the 3rd century temple, in the early fourth century, he may have been umgeweiht in honor of Bacchus.

The excavations conducted by the Archaeological Service of the Museum of London. Found multiple imported from Italy idols from white marble, such as Minerva, Mercurius, Serapis and Mithras himself as well as locally manufactured Venus figurines of clay.

Originally the temple on the east bank of the Walbrook, a now flowing underground stream. Since the temple was a building project in the way, all the excavated plant was offset by a few tens of meters at the Queen Victoria Street. There the ruins can be publicly viewed.