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.
Notitiae
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Castle and Mithraeum of Zerzevan candidate to World Heritage
The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.
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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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
Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained
HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.
Juliette Harrisson
The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend
The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.
Pitamber Kaushik
Ritualized Body and Ritualized Identity
Recontextualizing the Initiation rituals of the Roman Mystery Cult of Mithras.
Nina Mazhjoo
Some places to visit
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Mithräum von Dieburger
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
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Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is the largest temple devoted to Mithras found in Roma.
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Mithraeum of Močići
The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Gemme with Mithras killing the bull
A knight hold in chain a black two headed naked figure
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Mithras riding a horse
Slab of Sol Invictus
Mithras rock-born of Septeuil
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Sententia
Comments from visitors
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In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?...
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Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.
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Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma...
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Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected discov...
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
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As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
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Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo...
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