The New Mithraeum Database

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The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

The Mithraeum of Thermes in Greece was discovered in 1915 by Bogdan Filov.

The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.

Hello. We new zartosht doesn’t wrote the book of avesta and he and other zorastarians just edited it. So my topic is about homosexuality in Mithraism. We now homosexuality banned in avesta with very rough punishment in this world purgatory…

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

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This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.

My name mithradat - One of Iran’s old nobles - architect - project manager - financial strategist

Classical history master’s student at Birkbeck College, University of London

Conference by Freemason Chris Ruli on the parallels between the cult of Mithras, Freemasonry and other initiatic orders.

Just discovered this very cool ensemble of experimental archaeology from Granada, Spain. Beautiful music and dance from the Hispanic Florentia. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bqgokta_gc

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Photos from the rite at the Mithraeum of Sutri carried out by Pietas - Comunita Gentile and Gruppo Storico Romano. [ref:66a65c3e1a756]

The twelve labors or Hercules 💪 Cool piece of art via ΑΤΕΧΝΟΣ via https://x.com/CastellsOnofre

We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more…

It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite…