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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.

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News and articles from Mithraeum.eu

Castle and Mithraeum of Zerzevan candidate to World Heritage
The Temple of Mithras included in an ancient Roman military settlement was situated in the eastern border of the Empire.

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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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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
Ritualized Body and Ritualized Identity
Recontextualizing the Initiation rituals of the Roman Mystery Cult of Mithras.

Nina Mazhjoo
Dazzling 'Temple of Colored Marbles' Honoring Roman God Discovered in Italy
The ancient Roman worshippers were likely in altered states of consciousness.

Owen Jarus
Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London
Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

Maev Kennedy

Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla

The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is the largest temple devoted to Mithras found in Roma.
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.
Mithraeum of Lucciana, Corsica

For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Mitreo di Santa Prisca

The Mitreo de Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

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Sententia

Anonymous

This is shocking.
on Tauroctony exposed in the 'Sala dei Animali' of the Vatican Museaum
JB

Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuar o...
on Head of Mithras from the Mithraeum of Angers
Ron Kassav

For rectification, Saïda or Sidon is in Lebanon...
on Mithraeum at Sidon
Mithraeum.eu

@Ron, there is indeed a city called Saida in Lebanon as well as in Syria.
on Mithraeum at Sidon
Kathy Carey

I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Vito Quattrocchi

On a tour of Caesarea Maritima, I got the opportunity to step inside the Mithraeum.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Robert Fritzius

For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Andreu

Willing to visit!...
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
DIonsia Xanthippos

In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?...
on Leontocéfalo de la Villa Albani

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