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Tauroctony from Albergo Constanzi

Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.

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Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae

Marble plaque with inscription of a sacerdos probatus to Sol and the god Invictus Mithras.

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Tauroctony from Pisa

This white marble relief of Mithas killing the sacred bull was found embedded in the building of a noble family in Pisa.

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Mithréum de Mandelieu

Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.

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Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol

These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.

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Slab of Sol Invictus

The slab of the Sun god has not yet connected to Mithras.

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Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum

The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.

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Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram

This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.

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Tauroctony from the Villa Borghese

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.

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Tauroctony from Dunaújváros (Intercisa)

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Danaújváros was found broken into three parts in a tomb looted in antiquity.

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The Golden Ass: Book XI

The concluding book of Apuleius’ Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), where Lucius, the story’s protagonist, undergoes initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

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Rock birth from St Aubin

Mithras Petrogenitus from Saint-Aubin en France.

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Key of Mithraeum III at Nida

The key of Nida's Mithraeum III was decorated with a lion's head.

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The Father of Mithras

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.

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How to draft a new article on The New Mithraeum

A concise guide for curatores on how to prepare, structure, and publish articles on The New Mithraeum.

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Tauroctony from Neuenheim

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

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Aion altar of Bordeaux

The altar depicting a lion-headed figure from Bordeaux includes a sculpted ewer and a patera on the sides.

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Mithräum von Osterburken

The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

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Mithraeum of Tienen

The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

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Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras

This syncretic amulet depicting Abraxas and the word MIΘPAZ was once displayed in the Cappello Museum of Venice.

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