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Mithras Slaying the Bull

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cologne-roman-museum: Mithras Slaying the Bull (pan 323.jpg, 600 x 450, 1.72M) Stone relief from the 2nd or 3rd century AD showing Mithras slaying the bull, the central event of t

Stone relief from the 2nd or 3rd century AD showing Mithras slaying the bull, the central event of the mythology of the Mithraic mystery religion. The act symbolized death and resurrection. 

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