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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 from Asciano

The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.

 
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Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien

Possibly a Mithraic scene discovered in Mödling, Austria.

 
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The Mithraeum, the temple of the mithraic brotherhood

A mithraeum – also known as a speleum, antrum or crypta – is an ideally underground and not excessively large building that represents the universe as a whole.

 
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The grades of knowledge

Those initiated into the Mithraic cult were called upon to climb up to seven symbolic rungs of the ladder ultimately leading to the rank of Pater.

 
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Mithras, the invincible god

We have not yet found written accounts of Mithras's exploits, but we have several figurative monuments, especially in the Rhine and Danube regions, which reveal part of the myth.

 
Notitia

From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

 
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Mithraeum of Savaria/Szombathely

The ruins of the Mithraeum of Savaria are kept under a new plaza.

 
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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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Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection

Marble group of Mithras killing the Bull sold by Antiqurium Ltd, New York

 
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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

 
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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.

 
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Un sanctuaire dédié au dieu Mithra découvert en Corse

L’Inrap vient de mettre au jour un lieu de culte dédié au dieu Mithra sur le site de Mariana, à Lucciana, France.

 
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Mithra, Mihr, and Zarathushtra

How a rock relief in western Iran, carved during the time of the Sasanian Persian Empire (AD 224-651), has been re-imagined over the centuries.

 
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Ahriman

 
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Mitra alado

 
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CIMRM 870

Discovered by R.

 
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CIMRM 851

From the other finds, for an extensive report of which we refer to the publication of Richmond-Gillam, 62ff, we mention here: 1) A number of vessels, which "were evidently part of the furnishings of the Mithraeum.

 
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CIMRM 850

ILN 1951,455; Richmond-Gillam, 30 and PI.

 
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CIMRM 813

Fragment of a white marble statue (H. 0.35 Br. 0.27).

 
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CIMRM 812

White marble statue (H. 0.53-0.59 with base, Br. 0.25).

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