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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Tauroctony jasper gem in the Cairo Museum

Oval jasper gem in the Cairo Museum depicting Mithras slaying the bull with Sol, Luna, a leontocephalic figure and seven stars.

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Limestone head with Phrygian cap from Egypt

Limestone head with Phrygian cap, possibly depicting Mithras, found in Egypt (possibly Alexandria), now in Tübingen, 2nd–3rd century A.D.

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Two female figures from Memphis

Two limestone figures of women, possibly from the Mithraeum near Memphis, one standing cross-legged holding a branch with flowers, Egypt.

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Limestone lion statue from Memphis

Limestone statue of a standing lion with mouth half-open, legs and tail lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Damaged limestone statuette from Memphis

Badly damaged limestone statuette of a standing figure in Eastern attire, head, arms and feet lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Upper part of limestone torchbearer from Memphis

Upper part of a limestone torchbearer statue in tunic and hanging cloak, arms and lower legs lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Limestone torchbearer statuette from Memphis

Limestone statuette of a standing torchbearer, torch and right arm lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Limestone torchbearer fragment from Memphis

Fragment of a limestone statuette of a torchbearer in Eastern attire, head and lower legs lost, not cross-legged, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Limestone statuette of a torchbearer from Memphis

Limestone statue of a figure in Eastern attire and Phrygian cap, probably a Cautes torchbearer, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

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Alexandria (Alexandria)

Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as one of his many city foundations. After he captured the Egyptian Satrapy from the Persians, Alexander wanted to build a large Greek city on Egypt’s coast that would bear his name.

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Memphis (Memphis)

Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city.

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Hermopolis (El Ashmunein)

Hermopolis, the city of Hermes, was an important city located between Lower and Upper Egypt. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt.

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Tauroctony from Hermopolis

In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.

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Aion of Memphis

This statue of the god lion-head was found in Memphis, Egypt.

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Tauroctony medallion of Egypt

This tauroctony may have come from Hermopolis and its style suggests a Thraco-Danubian origin.

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Tauroctony from Memphis

Discovered in Memphis, Egypt, a second relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.

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Tauroctony from Memphis

This Mithras killing the Bull relief from Memphis, Egypt, it is preserved in the Museum of Cairo.

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Aion of Oxyrhynchus

According to Pettazzoni Aion in general finds its iconographical origin in Egypt. Mithras must have been worshipped in Egypt in the third century B.C.

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