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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Monumentum

Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

 
Notitia

Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs and the Cult of Mithras

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

 
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From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

 
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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

 
Notitia

The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania

The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.

 
Notitia

Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear

Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.

 
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Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London

Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

 
Notitia

Mithra, Mihr, and Zarathushtra

How a rock relief in western Iran, carved during the time of the Sasanian Persian Empire (AD 224-651), has been re-imagined over the centuries.

 
Monumentum

Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

 
Monumentum

Mithréum de Lucciana, Corsica

For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony of York

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Bologna

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Bologna depicts several scenes of the mithraic myth.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 6

Gold coin.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 173

Greyish marble relief (H. 0.84 Br. 0.99 D. 0.07), probably from Naples.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 190

Minto, fig.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 192

Two persons standing behind each other.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 212

Fragment of a relief.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 426

Fragments of a marble relief (H. 0.66 Br. 0.955 D. 0.065).

 
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CIMRM 484

On the under layer remnants of other painted persons are visible.

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