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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithraeum de Martigny

The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

 
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Lion relief from Nemrut Dag

The lion relief from Nemrut Dag has the moon and several stars over his body.

 
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Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection

Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.

 
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Mithra temple of Marāgheh

The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

 
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Mithräum von Wiesloch

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

 
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Cantharus to Deo Invicto of Trier

The cantharus of Trier is reminiscent of the crater that often appears in tauroctony scenes collecting the blood from the slaughtered animal.

 
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Tauroctony in the British Museum

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

 
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Tauroctony bronze of Szőny

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

 
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Castor-vase of St Albans

The St Albans mithraic vase depicts fragments of three figures identified by Vermaseren as Hercules, Mercury and Mithras as an archer.

 
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Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium

The red ceramic vessel from Lanuvium shows Mithra carrying the bull, followed by the dog, and the Tauroctony on the opposite side.

 
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Tauroctony from Sî`

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

 
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Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill

Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.

 
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Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras

On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.

 
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Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos

Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’.

 
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Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

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

 
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Tauroctony from 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.

 
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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.

 
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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.

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