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The New Mithraeum Database

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Two-register tauroctony from Philippopolis

Small arched marble tauroctony relief from Philippovtsi near Sofia, Thracia, divided into two parts by a horizontal rim.

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Mithraic reliefs from Arsameia

Commagenean sanctuary preserving relief fragments of Mithras greeting royal figures at the hierothesion of Mithridates Kallinikos.

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Mithraeum of Tell Atchana

Subterranean sanctuary at ancient Atchana tentatively interpreted by Woolley as an early precursor to later Mithraic temples.

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Mithraeum of Lambaesis

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

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Mithraeum of Skikda

Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

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Tauroctony relief from Aïtodor

Fragmentary tauroctony preserving Mithras, the torchbearers, Sol and Luna from the sanctuary at Aïtodor.

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Relief fragment with Sol and Cautopates from Aïtodor

Only the left section survives, showing Sol above the torchbearer Cautopates beside the cave border.

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Mithäum II von Heddernheim

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

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Mithräum I von Heddernheim

First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.

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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

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Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim

Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.

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Mithraea of Heddernheim

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

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Nida (Frankfurt am Main)

Nida was an ancient Roman town in the area today occupied by the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specifically Frankfurt-Heddernheim, on the edge of the Wetterau region.

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Second tautoctony of Sî`

The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

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Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag

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

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Possible Mithraeum from Uruk

Large apsidal hall with podium discovered at Uruk-Warka, once interpreted as a possible Mithraic sanctuary.

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Mithraeum of Crimea

The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.

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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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Mithraeum of Dura Europos

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

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Cresces

Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.

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