Relief showing a bull sacrifice, 1st century
The bull sacrifice is an illustration from the Roman cult of Mithras. The bull-sacrifice lends immortality to the ones accepted into the community, and was therefore particularly important for the spreading in the Roman Empire by the legionaries. This photograph shows a stone found in an excavation site in Heddernheim near Wiesbaden, depicting a bull sacrifice
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13319722
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48346601
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(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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