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London Mithraeum

The London Mithraeum is a Roman temple dedicated to the god Mithras, built in the mid-3rd century beside the River Walbrook. It was uncovered in September 1954 by W. F. Grimes, during construction work on Bucklersbury House, when an early Christian church was expected to be found. Those excavations yielded marble sculptures of Minerva, Mercury, Mithras and Serapis, as well as a relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull, now held by the Museum of London. In 1962 the temple was dismantled and rebuilt nearby, in Temple Court, with criticism of its accuracy. Bloomberg bought the site in 2010 and returned it to its original location, beneath its London headquarters, opened in 2017. Today it lies about 7 metres below street level, at 12 Walbrook. Later excavations, from 2010 to 2013, produced more than 14,000 objects, among them the Bloomberg wooden writing tablets, with London's oldest financial document, from AD 57.

Things to do at London Mithraeum: 2 missions

• Go down to the Temple of Mithras, 7 metres below the streetBook a time slot, go down to the Roman temple hall and walk around its reconstructed layout. Notice the difference in level from today's street.
• Look for the Bloomberg writing tabletsIn the display of objects, find the wooden tablets with Roman texts and read the label for London's oldest financial document, from AD 57.

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