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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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News and articles from Mithraeum.eu

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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Introductio

Press clips

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

Mitreo di San Clemente

The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
Mithraeum of Lucciana, Corsica

For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Mitreo de la calle Espronceda

The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, Mérida, was recently discovered.
Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

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

Monumenta

Sententia

Robert Fritzius

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

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.
on Mitreo de Burdeos
Robert Fritzius

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

Dear administrator, this mithraeum is the same as the mithraeum "am Halberg".
on Mithräum in Saarbrücken
Mithraeum.eu

Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing, already corrected.
on Leontocéfalo de la Villa Albani
Ton van Reen

As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
on Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Heddernheim
Alex

I'd have like to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
Robert Fritzius

For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Requi

Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.
on Head of Mithras from the Mithraeum of Angers

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