The New Mithraeum Database

The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.

Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

This small magical jasper gem shows Sol in a quadrigra on the recto and Mithras as a bull slayer on the verso.

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca Tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.

The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.

Marble fragment with an inscription (ILN 1954,636).

Marble statuette of Cautopates, according to Giornale d’Italia 28, 3, 1860 found together with the preceding Nos.

This altar dedicated to Helios Mithras by a certain Sagaris was repurposed in the masonry of Palazzo Bagnoli, Venosa, Italy.

Mithras at the Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba by @jaime.alvar. This Sunday for those of you in the area.

Mithras at the Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba by @jaime.alvar. This Sunday for those of you in the area.

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

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.