The New Mithraeum Database

In the 5th century BC, a Celtic refuge and place of worship was built on the Heiligenberg, or 'Holy Mountain'. In 40 AD a fort was built and occupied by the Romans.

Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

TNMM48 – CIMRM 1282, 1416

Mithras galloping, in a cypress forest, carrying a globe in one hand and accompanied by a lion and a snake.

TNMM177 – CIMRM 1289, 1042

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283, 1604

The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.

TNMM66, 737

Papers of the international conference "Roman Mithraism: the Evidence of the Small Finds". Tienen 7-8 November 2001.

He built the sacred area of the Mitreo del Circo Massimo at his own expense.

The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

TNMM182, 1533

This fragmented altar of a certain Caius Iulius Crescens, found in the Mithraeum of Friedberg, bears an inscription to the Mother Goddesses.

TNMM646 – CIMRM 1066, 390