The New Mithraeum Database

Upon first examination, archaeologists interpreted the inscription on the cult vessel from Gradishje as referencing Mithras, though it has since been re-evaluated.

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

I live in Portland Oregon and spend my time designing and crafting masks, fabrics and regalia for ritual spaces and seasonal processions.

Lenni is the author of The Rites of Hekate and has written and been published extensively on Hekatean practice exploring the goddess’s many faces. She also writes and works with what she calls “dark botanicals”, cultivating two distinct moon gardens

I organized the conference Roman Mithraism, the evidence of the small finds.

In this conversation with Lenni George, on the occasion of the release of her latest book ‘The Rites of Hekate: From the Dirt to the Divine,’ we explore that shifting presence: a goddess of thresholds, of illumination and obscurity, of descent and return…

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

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

An Algerian chemistry student interested in roman culture I hope to be able to explore Mithras culture in my country because of the vast and important rule of this religion in my city tiddis

The Rites of Hekate is a personal yet deeply rooted academic account of the current understanding of this ambivalent goddess, presented as an arcane and liminal archetype.

Retired Health Service Accounts clerk. I have been interested in Roman history probably since I was 8, many years ago.

Marble statue from Intercisa representing a lion holding an indistinct animal beneath its forepaws. Found in a vineyard, the piece is now in the Hungarian National Museum.

Limestone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum with traces of polychromy and a graffito on the bull’s neck. The inscribed base was carved separately.

Thinking of forming a weekly group for those in the Anglosphere(USA, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ) to have a webcam call, discuss all things related to Mithras and form friends sharing a niche interest:)

The Mithraeum of Stix-Neusiedl was discovered in the summer of 1816. Although the structure of the sanctuary is unknown, several associated monuments are preserved today in Vienna.

Algis Uždavinys presents philosophy as a sacred practice of inner rebirth, rooted in ancient Egyptian and traditional wisdom rather than a purely rational discipline.