The New Mithraeum Database

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.

Pater nominos in Sidon, he consecrated a number of sculptures, including a Hecataion.

Alexander the Great seized Sidon from the Persians in 333 BC. It became a Roman colony during the reign of Elagabalus.

The Hekataion of Sidon, which depicts Hekate in her trimorphic form surrounded by three dancing girls, is the only example found to date in connection with the Mithraic cult.

The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

There are two Venus from the Mithraeum of Sidon, one in bronze and the other in Parian marble.

The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.