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For more than one thousand years, people from every corner of the Greco-Roman world sought the hope for a blessed afterlife through initiation into the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. In antiquity itself and in our memory of antiquity, the Eleusinian Mysteries stand out as the oldest and most venerable mystery cult. Despite the tremendous popularity of the Eleusinian Mysteries, their origins are unknown. Because they are lost in an era without written records, they can only be reconstructed with the help of archaeology. This book provides a much needed synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age and reconstructs the formation and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The discussion of the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries is complemented with discussions of the theology of Demeter and an update on the state of research in the archaeology of Eleusis from the Bronze Age to the end of antiquity.

Bronze age --- Eleusinian mysteries. --- Sacred space --- Age du bronze --- Eleusis, Mystères d' --- Lieux sacrés --- Demeter (Greek deity) --- Eleusis (Greece) --- Eleusis (Grèce) --- Antiquities. --- Religion. --- Antiquités --- Religion --- Eleusinian mysteries --- Antiquities --- Cults --- Mysteries, Religious --- Demeter --- Demetra --- 得墨忒耳 --- デーメーテール --- דמטר --- 데메테르 --- Деметра --- Дэмэтра --- Дэметра --- دمتر --- ديميتر --- Δαμάτηρ --- Δημήτηρ --- Δήμητρα --- Ceres --- Elevsís (Greece) --- Eleusina (Greece) --- Eleusi (Greece) --- Ελευσίνα (Greece) --- Elefsina (Greece) --- Elevsina (Greece) --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Civilization