The New Mithraeum Database

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.

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.

The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.

Fragment of a sandstone relief from Nida-Heddernheim depicting the torchbearer Cautopates.

The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.

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

This Cautopates from Nida carries the usual downward torch in his right hand and a hooked stick in his left.

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

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from Nida's Mithraeum III was found in two pieces in 1887, destroyed during an air raid on Frankfurt in 1944, and restored in 1986.

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

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

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

Marius Victor, according to the inscription on the monument, erected this monument to Mithras ’when Philip and Titianus were consuls’.

Sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, probably the damaged head of a torchbearer, often misidentified as Mercury.

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.

Fragments of censers (Räucherschalen), thirteen lamps, and bronze and iron fittings from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt

Assemblage of lamps, keys, torches, an iron knife, pottery, glass fragments, and five coins from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

Damaged red sandstone altar from Mithraeum II at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with the representation of an axe on its front face

Tall sandstone column base from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with an inscription set between two columns, possibly naming Mithras