Franz Cumont

(1868–1947) Curator

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Franz Cumont was a curator.

Quick Facts About Franz Cumont

Born: January 3, 1868
Died: August 20, 1947
Profession: Curator

About Franz Cumont

Belgian archaeologist, historian, philologist and epigrapher (1868–1947)... | Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont was a Belgian archaeologist and historian, a philologist and student of epigraphy, who brought these often isolated specialties to bear on the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Mithraism.

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True science is at length disencumbered of the empirical determinations which had accumulated in the course of many centuries.

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After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of…

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After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of…

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“Mithra became the Sun,”

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