Alien Gods of the Mysteries
How the old religion of the mysteries persisted beyond Christian persecution
In 1906 the American diplomat and millionaire George Wurts bought a villa with a large estate on the Janiculum (the hill of Janus) in Rome and ordered a guardhouse to be built on its eastern side. As the workmen started digging they were astonished to uncover a whole series of incredible artefacts at six meters depth. The ground yielded several altars w…
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