The New Mithraeum Database

Found in Illmitz, Austria, in 1959, this altar was dedicated to the unconquered god Mithras by a certain Aelius Valerianus.

What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

Excerpted from Mushroom, Myth and Mithras, this passage elaborates on the Mithraic ritual and the degree of Nymphus.

This small magical jasper gem shows Sol in a quadrigra on the recto and Mithras as a bull slayer on the verso.

In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.

This Mithraic altar of a certain Iulius Rasci or Racci was found in 1979 in a field in Borovo, Croatia, in the area of the Roman fort of Teutoburgium.

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

The Mithraeum I of Cologne is situated amid a block of buildings. It was impossible to narrowly determine its construction and lay-out.

This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

This primitive relief of Mithras as a bullkiller is signed by a certain Valerius Marcelianus.

This marble relief of Cautes was found in 1863 in Sisak, Croatia.

This altar, found in the 3rd mithraeum of Ptuj, bears an inscription and a relief of Sol and a person with a cornucopia.

The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.