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The Roman Library That Was Mistaken for a Temple of Mithras

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Aug 04, 2026
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For years, Room 10 at the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo in Puente Genil, Córdoba province, was read as a mithraeum. The long apsed hall with niches along its walls looked like the sort of space where i…

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