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The New Mithraeum Database

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The Rites of Hekate. From Dirt to the Divine

The Rites of Hekate is a personal yet deeply rooted academic account of the current understanding of this ambivalent goddess, presented as an arcane and liminal archetype.

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ANGEL CARLOS AGUAYO PEREZ

I’m archaeologist and I was in Doliche’s Mithraeum the last summer

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Ang Langrick

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Philip Wharmby

Retired Health Service Accounts clerk. I have been interested in Roman history probably since I was 8, many years ago.

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Jose Aguilar del Rio

I am a graduate trying to complete a MA in archaeology. My Master`s Dissertation is about Mistery Cults in the Roman Empire

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Altar to Deo Invicto Regi from Bandorf

A small limestone altar from Bandorf near Oberwinter dedicated to Deo Invicto Regi. Found in an isolated structure not resembling a mithraeum, its function remains uncertain.

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#74

Thinking of forming a weekly group for those in the Anglosphere(USA, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ) to have a webcam call, discuss all things related to Mithras and form friends sharing a niche interest:)

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Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum

This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

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Lion from Les Bolards

A limestone lion holding a flowing urn, discovered at the entrance of the Mithraeum of Les Bolards, reflects the ritual significance of water within the cult of Mithras.

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Omid David Esfandiari

Society of Iranologists, Mythology, Department Member

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Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains

Dominique Persoons proposes a reconstruction of Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains, frescoes, and zodiacal symbolism. He interprets the mithraeum as a liturgical microcosm governing the descent, purification, and ascent of souls.

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Dossier Mithra. La alternativa espiritual del culto legionario

A selection of texts gathered by Ernesto Milá that reinterprets Mithraism as an initiatory, solar, and heroic cult. It includes the so-called Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, translated and commented by Julius Evola and the Ur Group.

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David A Toth

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Vettius Agorius Praetextatus. A Senatorial Life in Between

The cultural and religious world of fourth-century Rome is explored through the life and afterlife of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus. His case is set in comparison with other pagan and Christian senators of the period.

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Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain

From the late first century CE, Mithras spread across the Roman Empire, leaving more than 130 sanctuaries and nearly 1,000 inscriptions. This volume offers a rigorous synthesis that renews our understanding of this enigmatic cult.

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Mithraeum of Fertőrákos

The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

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The Eagles Depart

A historical novel framed as the memoir of a Brittano-Roman soldier witnessing the end of Roman Britain. It explores identity, loyalty, and survival at the twilight of empire.

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Genuflect

A dark occult novel intertwining Templar mythology, ritual magic, and modern conspiracy, with Mithraic and gnostic motifs woven into its esoteric narrative. It explores the persistence of hidden initiatory currents in the contemporary world.

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