Drilling of oil wells in Iran ended with detection of an ancient necropolis

In 2000-year tombs there were huge funeral ballot boxes of followers of a mitraizm. During drilling of oil wells in the southwest Iran incidentally found an ancient necropolis which included tombs with huge funeral ballot boxes. It seems that this funeral complex goes back to times of existence of Parthia (the III century B.C. — the III century of our era) when burials in it were carried out by followers of a mitraizm. About it reported the Tehran Times edition. The Indo-Iranian cult of the Mitre — a deity of a daylight and the sun, the organizer of the natural space which has been originally connected with idea...