The New Mithraeum Database

The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.

This 3rd century marble relief of Silvanus is the only sculpture found in Mitreo Aldobrandini.

The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.

This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

Terracotta tablets depicting a Taurombolium by Attis which might be at the origins of the mithraic Tauroctony iconography.

The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.

The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.

The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.

This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.

The floor mosaic of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres, which gives its name to the temple, depicts a dagger.

Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

Second Mithraic monument dedicated by the Kastos family, found not far from the Arco di S. Lazzaro, in Rome.

This is one of several marble inscriptions made by a certain Caelius Ermeros, who was the antistes of the Mithraeum of the Imperial Palace.

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.