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. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.
Notitiae
News and articles from Mithraeum.eu
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.
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.
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
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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Mithraeum de Bordeaux
C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.
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Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
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Mithraeum de Koenigshoffen
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Koenigshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
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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.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
Tauroctony exposed at Princeton
Mithraic relief of Baris
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia
Two-sided relief from Konjic
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
Sententia
Comments from visitors
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Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down.
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This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself.
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On a tour of Caesarea Maritima, I got the opportunity to step inside the Mithraeum.
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I'd have liked 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
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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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Love the picture of both guys besides the statue.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
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For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website.
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I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993.
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