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):

  • Paul Arthur e Giuseppe Vecchio, "Il complesso di vico Carminiello ai Mannesi", in AA.VV. "Napoli antica" (catalogo della mostra), Napoli 1985, pp.213-225.
  • Paul Arthur (a cura di), "Il Complesso Archeologico di Carminiello ai Mannesi", Napoli (Scavi 1983-1984), Università di Lecce, Congedo Editore 1994.
  • A rather excellent site, with pictures, here.


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