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Fritz Saxl interprets Mithraism primarily through its images, proposing the cult as a visual cosmology structured around the descent, sacrifice and re-ascent of light, developed in close dialogue with Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky.
This monograph presents the findings from Robert J. Bull's 1973 excavation of the Mithraeum in Caesarea Maritima, Israel, including stratigraphic analyses, studies of frescoes and and insights into the site's historical significance.
Second terracotta tablet found at Calvi depicting Mithras killing the bull, now at Berlin, Antiquarium.
This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.
The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.
A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.
The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.
The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.
This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.
This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.
Terracotta tablets depicting a Taurombolium by Attis which might be at the origins of the mithraic Tauroctony iconography.
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
Several Mithraic scenes, including Mithras with Saturn, Mithras with Sol and Mithras' Ascension, are depicted on this fragment of a relief from Ptuj.
This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
