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The New Mithraeum

Community dedicated to the study, disclosure and reenactment of the Mysteries of Mithras since 2004.

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Joined December 2020
 
 
Nov 2024
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Sabazios with tauroctony from Bolsena

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This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, including Mithras slaying the bull beneath his chest.

 
Nov 2024
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Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

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"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

 
Nov 2024
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Mithraic inscription from Anazarba

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This dedicatory inscription by a pater of Mithras, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

 
Nov 2024
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Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

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This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.

 
Nov 2024
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Slab from the Palace of Darius at Persepolis

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This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.

 
Nov 2024
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Tauroctony relief from Apulum

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This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

 
Nov 2024
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Taurcotony of Secundinus

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This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.

 
Nov 2024
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Tauroctony of Gérman

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This remarkable relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 2014 in Gérman, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

 
Nov 2024
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Jesus or Mithras? by Dr. Reza Assasi - ACSF 2023 - New York City

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Mithraic Influence on Early Christian Symbolism and Church – Architecture

 
Nov 2024
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Tauroctony gemstone from Ploiești

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This gemstone depicting Mithras killing the bull, preserved in the Ploiești Museum, originated from Prahova County or south of the Danube area.

 
Oct 2024
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Celestial Ascent in Myth and Cult

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The Dream of Scipio, the Orphic Gold Plates, and the Mithra Liturgy are compared revealing a common cosmovision predicated on the microcosm.

 
Oct 2024
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Tauroctony of the Collezione Torlonia

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This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

 
You can see a brand new photo of this relief that I took a few weeks ago in Chicago at the Torlonia Collection exhibition. It’s restored, and the heads of Cautes on the left, and Sol Invictus, left top, are modern, as is the rump and tail of the bull. Luna is missing on the top right, and that whole patch is modern. I have a detailed sketch that shows modern vs. ancient. Here’s the link to the photo: https://flic.kr/p/2r96YJ6.
 
Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.
 
Sep 2024
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Kastos (father)

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Together with his son, with whom he shares his name, Kastos has dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

 
Sep 2024
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Kastos (son)

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Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

 
Sep 2024
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Dedication to Zeus-Helios, Mithras, and Phanes

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This is the first known inscription that includes Phanes alongside Mithras found in a Mithraic context.

 
Aug 2024
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Mitreo d’Aosta

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The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.

 
Jul 2024
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The Cult of Mithras, Freemasonry, and Initiatic Orders

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Conference by Freemason Chris Ruli on the parallels between the cult of Mithras, Freemasonry and other initiatic orders.

 
Jul 2024
 
NewScriptum
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We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more.

You can find all the references to multiple databases on one page here: Table of references for mithraic artefacts.

We’re constantly adding new references to The New Mithraeum, so feel free to check it out to see what’s new!

 
Dec 2023
 
Scriptum
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It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite. To what extent did medieval masons know about the cult of Mithras?

Here are the best known examples:

* Tauroctony of Monreale
* Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
* Tauroctony of Aula Gotica

 
Update! Found a new post-classical monument, this one from the French Renaissance: Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos. And from now on, all post-classical monuments will be available here: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=postclassical
 
Jul 2024
Syndexios

Gaius Iulius

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For the health of this man, a small altar was dedicated to the god Invictus in the Emerita Augusta.

 
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