The New Mithraeum Database

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I am an historian of religions. I currently studies so called "Oriental cults of the Roman Enmpire

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?

En esta vídeo entrevista, Israel Campos Méndez aborda las principales cuestiones que siguen dividiendo a los especialistas: los orígenes del culto de Mitra, su evolución desde las tradiciones indoiranias hasta el Imperio romano y el legado de Franz…

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Campos Méndez’s seminal study examining the continuity and transformation of Mithra from his Indo-Iranian origins to the development of the Roman mystery cult.

The statue of Arimanius/Ahriman was found in 1874 under the city wall of York during the construction of the railway station.

A contemporary esoteric manual that reimagines Roman Mithraism through the lens of Traditionalism, magical idealism, and Indo-European spirituality.

Exploring the historical roots and mythology of the Tarot, the author reveals the genesis of the Tarot’s symbolism in the great Hermetic tradition and in the initiatory rituals of Mithraism.

A historical novel that weaves Mithraic symbolism and initiation into a dramatic tale of friendship, vengeance and survival in the Roman Empire.

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras sacrificing a small bull inside a rocky cave.

Roman Mithraeum at Kom Dafbaby, near ancient Memphis, poorly documented archaeologically but known through the remarkable group of Mithraic sculptures and reliefs recovered from the site.

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras slaying the bull within an architectural niche framed by Cautes and Cautopates.

Kermanshah is a city in the Central District of Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire and one of the foremost cities of ancient Persia.

Territories beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire during the Roman period.

Roman devotee of the elusive Mithraic deity Nabarze, possibly identical with the associate of the Egyptian priest Arnouphis.

A Romano-Germanic woman whose inscription became central to debates on female participation in the Mithraic cult.

Imperial slave and an overseer of the Imperial estates who dedicated a Tauroctony to the Invincible god Sol.