 Archaeological finds at Çatalhöyük in Anatolia indicate worship of a 'Magna Mater' figure, a forerunner of the goddess Cybele found in later Anatolia and other parts of the near East.Later Roman followers of Cybele were called Galli, who practiced ritual self-castration, known as "sanguinaria".Eunuch priests also figured prominently in the Atargatis cult in Syria during the first centuries AD.