The New Mithraeum Database

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

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 slab dedicated to the invincible god, Serapis and Isis by Claudius Zenobius was found in 1967 in the walls of the city of Astorga, Spain.

Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.

The relief of naked Roman soldier, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap, has been related to the Mithras' cult.

This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.

Des rituels mystérieux, une hiérarchie gradée au sein d’un culte énigmatique, une société considérée pendant longtemps comme secrète au sein de l’Empire Romain…

Curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium). Research fields: Archaeology of the Oriental cults in the Roman Empire.

Intervention par Alexandra Dardenay, maître de conférences à l'Université de Toulouse/CNRS/IUF

Intervention de Nicolas Amoroso, commissaire de l’exposition Le Mystère Mithra.

Intervention de Lucinda Dirven, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Mithra et ses actualités - Journée d'études (17 décembre 2021) au Musée royal de Mariemont.

Szony's bronze plate shows Mithra slaying the bull and the seven planets with attributes at the bottom of the composition.

Relief of Heracles/Hercules capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.

Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.