Largest collection of Roman cave inscriptions discovered in Spain
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120 writings have been found on the walls of Cova Dones, where a female deity was venerated
Largest collection of Roman cave inscriptions discovered in Spain
Archaeologists have uncovered the largest collection of Latin cave inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire. Early analysis of the inscriptions discovered at Cova Dones reveals that a female deity was worshipped at the site and that women had a prominent role in rituals there—highly unusual in Roman society.
There is a cave in Valencia where the Romans wrote on the stone two thousand years ago. And there the women recorded their faith with their own name. The Cova Dones has just revealed the largest set of Roman inscriptions of the Empire: at least 120 Latin texts that force to review the role of the woman in the religiosity of Ancient Rome. The cavity opens in Millares, in the province of Valencia, more than 200 meters deep. There a Roman-era shrin…
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