The Elephant's Tomb in Carmona may have been a temple to the god Mithras

Friday, May 10, 2013 - 11:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The so-called Elephant's Tomb in the Roman necropolis of Carmona (Seville, Spain) was not always used for burials. The original structure of the building and a window through which the sun shines directly in the equinoxes suggest that it was a temple of Mithraism, an unofficial religion in the Roman Empire. The position of Taurus and Scorpio during the equinoxes gives force to the theory.

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