The Mithraic Temple at Procolita

Quite cool

Quite cool

Thank you. Freezing more like. Note please that the Mithraium is kept small purposefuly, the sense of claustrophobia is alleged to be intimate with the cult, if as some say this involves the "burial" (literally) of the initiate followed by re-birth to the light . The internal colour scheme is suggested to have been deep blood red and yellow ochre, with elaborate fresco motifs.

::gasp:: ooo, so pretty. I wish I lived near some of these things...

Look at all the water. That really isn't good for preservation. It's amazing how Hadrian's Wall has withstood the British weathering.

Look at all the water. That really isn't good for preservation. It's amazing how Hadrian's Wall has withstood the British weathering.

1 minute later I was driven off site by some very painful hail. The plentiful water is a significant reason for the siting of the defences in this area

Good thing we have English Heritage to preserve these monuments. It's a brilliant picture.