The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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One of Roman Italy’s most important Mithraic sanctuaries, the Mithraeum at S. Maria Capua Vetere preserves a remarkable painted cycle of initiation scenes, offering rare visual evidence for the ritual life of Roman Mithaism.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Mithraic sanctuary found at Biljanovac north-east of Kumanovo, Moesia Superior, with a pronaos and inner sanctuary, yielding marble reliefs, an altar, and associated cult objects.
Inscription by Valentinus Secundionis
Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
Tauroctony from Sárkeszi
Slab from the Palace of Darius at Persepolis
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
Castor-vase of St Albans
Tauroctony on display in Virginia
Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
Altar by Flavius Lucilianus from Aveia
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Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
337 At the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, the image reveals Oceanus and Terra in opposition…
What a wonderful task! Of course, it came with an investment in ritual experience some years ago…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Deo invicto regi; to God the invincible King. According to some relics, "lying down" means sea or river. Neptune or Oceanus…
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