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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble

The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

 
Notitia

The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.

 
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Presentation of Mystai by Peter Mark Adams

Presentation on the Dionysian-themed frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries by Peter Mark Adams on the occasion of the presentation of his book.

 
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Los Misterios de Mitra - Mitraísmo Romano

Video report in Spanish on Mithraism.

 
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Tauroctony from the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

 
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Explore the Mithras Temple of Jajce (Jace i Mitras)

Video reportage about the city and the Mithraeum of Jajce.

 
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Mithraism with Jason Reza Jorjani

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.

 
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Tauroctony from Quirinale

This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

 
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Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien

Possibly a Mithraic scene discovered in Mödling, Austria.

 
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Mithraeum of Scarbantia

Emperor Julian is supposed to have presided over a human sacrifice in the Mithraeum of Scarbantia, according to N. Massalsky.

 
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El primer testimonio mitraico

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they did so.

 
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The Mithraeum, the temple of the mithraic brotherhood

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.

 
Pagina

The grades of knowledge

Those initiated into the Mithraic cult were called upon to climb up to seven symbolic rungs of the ladder ultimately leading to the rank of Pater.

 
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Tauroctony from Albacini

This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.

 
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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

 
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Mithraeum of Savaria/Szombathely

The ruins of the Mithraeum of Savaria are kept under a new plaza.

 
Notitia

Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti

La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

 
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Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained

HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.

 
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The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend

The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.

 
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Roman Temple of Mithras May Align with Sun on 'Jesus' Birthday'

The temple of Mithras disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

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