The Orientation of the Mithraeum at the Vindobala Roman Fort (Rudchester Mithraeum)
PHILICA Article number 1109, 12th September 2017
4 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2017
Date Written: September 12, 2017
Abstract
Here we discuss the orientation of the Mithraeum at the Vindobala Roman Fort of the Hadrian’ s Wall. As we can see using software giving the sunrise direction on satellite maps, the orientation of this temple and the direction of the sunrise on December 25 are in good agreement. As in the case of another fort of the Hadrian’ s Wall, the Roman Fort of Brocolitia that we discussed in a previous article, the orientation of the temple was probably chosen to recall the birth of Mithras.
Keywords: Archeology, Archeoastronomy, Solar Orientation, Solstices, Satellite Images, Google Earth
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