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Major Find at Hadrian's Wall

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:17 am
by Minimalist
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32132580/ns ... e-science/
A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England.

Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D.
Interesting that this is another mid-eastern bull cult, like Mithraism, seemingly serving the same purpose and appealing to the same class in society.