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The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania

The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.

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Castle and Mithraeum of Zerzevan candidate to World Heritage
The Temple of Mithras included in an ancient Roman military settlement was situated in the eastern border of the Empire.

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Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area.

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Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.

Sarah E. Bond
Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

Lorena García Calvo
Ritualized Body and Ritualized Identity
Recontextualizing the Initiation rituals of the Roman Mystery Cult of Mithras.

Nina Mazhjoo
Dazzling 'Temple of Colored Marbles' Honoring Roman God Discovered in Italy
The ancient Roman worshippers were likely in altered states of consciousness.

Owen Jarus
Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London
Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

Maev Kennedy

Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla

The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is the largest temple devoted to Mithras found in Roma.
Mithraeum of Angers

The Mithréum d'Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
Mithraeum of Naples

The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves fresco depicting the Tauroctony of a white bull.

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Sententia

Robert Fritzius

According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Zi

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.
on Mitreo de Burdeos
Laura Thomas

Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma...
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Robert Fritzius

Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
John Brant

While there were many mithraea located at the forts on the Limes, there was not one at the Saalburg.
on Mithräum in Saalburg
Ines

and this is the same as nb. 37 - mithraeum at Reichweiler.
on Mithräum in Schwarzerden
DIonsia Xanthippos

In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?...
on Leontocéfalo de la Villa Albani
JB

Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuar o...
on Head of Mithras from the Mithraeum of Angers
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Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
on Mitreo de Burdeos

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