The New Mithraeum Database

This gemstone depicting Mithras killing the bull, preserved in the Ploiești Museum, originated from Prahova County or south of the Danube area.

The Dream of Scipio, the Orphic Gold Plates, and the Mithra Liturgy are compared revealing a common cosmovision predicated on the microcosm.

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

Upon first examination, archaeologists interpreted the inscription on the cult vessel from Gradishje as referencing Mithras, though it has since been re-evaluated.

This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

This sandstone altar found in Cologne bears an inscription to the goddess Semele and her sisters.

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

This inscription was commissioned by a family of priests of the invincible god Mithras.

This altar for the completion of a temple to Sol Invictus by Flavius Lucilianus was found in Fossa, Italy.

The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.

This inscription by a certain Numidius Decens was found in the Forum of Lambaesis, now Tazoult تازولت in Algeria.

This marble sculpture from Sicily, known as the Randazzo Vecchio or Rannazzu Vecchiu, contains some essential elements of the Mithraic Aion, the lion-headed god.

What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.