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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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Niasar Cave

The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

 
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Mithraeum of Duhok

There is no solid evidences of the finding of a Mithraic temple in Duhok, Iraq.

 
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Mitreo de Lugo

The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.

 
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Fresco of Mithras

Fresco of Mithras found in an arched niche above the right bench of the Baths of Caracalla’s Mithraeum in Rome.

 
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Tauroctony of Absalmos

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

 
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Tauroctony from Antium

This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

 
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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

In this terracotta relief depicting Mithras as a bull killer found at Cales, now in Calvi Risorta, none of the usual accompanying animals is present.

 
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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

Second terracotta tablet found at Calvi depicting Mithras killing the bull, now at Berlin, Antiquarium.

 
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Sol and Luna fenster from Rome

Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

 
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Giant from Santa Prisca

Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

 
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Torso dedicated to Mithras

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

 
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CIMRM 483

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

 
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Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

 
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Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

 
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Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

 
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CIMRM 464

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

 
Video

Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

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

 
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CIMRM 48

Around the niche of the Dura Europos Mithraeum fragments of a series of small paintings set in a semicircular band of panels were found.

 
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CIMRM 42

Around the relief with Mithras as a bullkiller, a number of scenes from the Mithras Iegend have been painted in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

 
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Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

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

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