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# 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.

##  Quotes by Franz Cumont

> [True science is at length disencumbered of the empirical determinations which had accumulated in the course of many centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-cumont/true-science-is-at-length-disencumbered-of-the-empirical/)

[Franz Cumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-cumont/)

[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/franz-cumont-62913_accounts_true-science-is-at-length-disencumbered_866626.png)

> [After a duration of a thousand years, the power of astrology broke down when, with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the progress of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-cumont/after-a-duration-of-a-thousand-years-the-power-of-astrology-broke/)

[Franz Cumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-cumont/)

[Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-cumont/after-a-duration-of-a-thousand-years-the-power-of-astrology-broke-2/)

[Franz Cumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-cumont/)

[Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/franz-cumont-62913_analysis_after-a-duration-of-a-thousand-years-the_2080427.png)

> [“Mithra became the Sun,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-cumont/mithra-became-the-sun/)

[Franz Cumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-cumont/)

[Mithra Sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mithra-sun-4925475/)

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