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, 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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Sabazeo
The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
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Mithräum von Wiesloch
The first Mithraists in the Mithraeum of Wiesloch may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
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London Mithraeum
The Mithraeum of London has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement.
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Mitreo de Cabrera de Mar
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Mithras riding a horse
Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani
Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Mithraic relief of Baris
Caesarea Maritima's Medallion
Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Sententia
Comments from visitors
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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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In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?...
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Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma...
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For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website.
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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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While there were many mithraea located at the forts on the Limes, there was not one at the Saalburg.
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