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.
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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.
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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Mithraeum of Lambèse
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temple in Africa.
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Mitreo dell'Esquilino
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
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Mithraeum of Lucciana, Corsica
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Tauroctony exposed at Princeton
Hatra Temple
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Felsgeburt des Mithras
MITHRAS sacrificing at the vernal equinox
Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani
Sententia
Comments from visitors
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For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website.
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Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
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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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Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down.
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Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma...
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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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