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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithraeum of Prilep

The Mithras temple of Prilep is in a small grotto under the castle of Markovi-Kuli.

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Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection

Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.

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Mitreo di Vulci

The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

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Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano

The marble shows Mithras slaying the bull, on one side, and Sol and Mithras feasting on a bull skin, on the other.

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Altar of Sol of Via del Mare

This small altar found in Rome depicts the god Sol with five rays around his head.

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Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca

The intarsium of Sol found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca is composed of several varieties of marble.

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Tauroctonia de Córdoba

Fragmentary marble statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Córdoba.

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Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

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Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras

On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.

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Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos

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.’.

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Tauroctony from Asciano

The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.

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Dazzling 'Temple of Colored Marbles' Honoring Roman God Discovered in Italy

The ancient Roman worshippers were likely in altered states of consciousness.

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Un sanctuaire dédié au dieu Mithra découvert en Corse

L’Inrap vient de mettre au jour un lieu de culte dédié au dieu Mithra sur le site de Mariana, à Lucciana, France.

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Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.

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Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

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Altar with Sol pediment from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Partoș or Mureș Port, Dacia, found in 1852, with a triangular pediment containing the head of Sol in a twelve-rayed crown and nimbus, flanked by a patera on the right and a jug on the left.

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Altar of Lucanus to Deo invicto omnipotenti from Mureș Port

Inscription from Mureș Port, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto omnipotenti Mithrae by Lucanus, who fulfilled his vow.

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Altar of Aurelius Iulianus beneficiarius from Brigetio

Altar from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli invicto by Aurelius Iulianus, beneficiarius.

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Transitus altar from Brigetio

Altar from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to the Transitus — the Mithraic transit ritual — paralleled at Carnuntum and Poetovio.

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