The New Mithraeum Database

Scholar in Mithraic Studies

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they did so.

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.

The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras’s myth.

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

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

This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.

Marble altar, found in S.