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The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.
Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.
The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD, is a philosopher and author of Prometheus and Atlas, World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, Novel Folklore: The Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat, and Iranian Leviathan: A Monumental History of Mithra's Abode.
Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.
The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.
Possibly a Mithraic scene discovered in Mödling, Austria.
In the mithraic relief of Entrains, the god Sol is depicted riding his chariot together with Luna and a krater surrounded by a serpent.
Emperor Julian is supposed to have presided over a human sacrifice in the Mithraeum of Scarbantia, according to N. Massalsky.
A mithraeum – also known as a speleum, antrum or crypta – is an ideally underground and not excessively large building that represents the universe as a whole.
A first distinction can be made between the rituals of the Mithraic cult. The initiates commemorate the sacrifice of the Bull followed by the sacred banquet. In addition, there is a set of initiatory practices aimed at the incorporation and progression of members into the community…
We have not yet found written accounts of Mithras's exploits, but we have several figurative monuments, especially in the Rhine and Danube regions, which reveal part of the myth.
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.
The ruins of the Mithraeum of Savaria are kept under a new plaza.
The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.
The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.
