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Monumentum

Contextual note on Mithraeum at Heiligkreuz near Trier

A scholarly note recording that finds at Heiligkreuz, including a lion's head and leg fragment, the head of a genius, and a knife with a gold handle, support the hypothesis of a Mithraeum at that location in Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
From the finds at Heiligkreuz, Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier), Belgica, it may be concluded that a Mithraeum existed there. Additional finds from the same spot include a fragment of a lion's head and leg, the head of a genius, all in Jura limestone, and a knife with a gold handle, which Loeschcke associates with the Mithras cult.

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