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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.
Limestone head with Phrygian cap, possibly depicting Mithras, found in Egypt (possibly Alexandria), now in Tübingen, 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Grey sandstone slab from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, a companion piece to the preceding, recording the same act of repainting a cult image by Caius Celsinius Matutinus, veteran of Legio VIII Augusta Alexandriana.
Roman Aegyptus preserves a distinctive body of Mithraic evidence shaped by Alexandria and the religious diversity of the eastern Mediterranean.
The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.
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.
Aegyptus occupied a unique position within the Roman world where Mediterranean trade, Nile networks and ancient religious traditions intersected.
Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
Thrasyllus was an Egyptian of Greek descent grammarian, astrologer and a friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius.
