The New Mithraeum Database

Inscription recording the construction of a templum Invicti from the ground by Aurelius Longinianus, centurion of the Third Augustan Legion, near the Roman camp at Lambaesis.

Dedication for the safety of the provincial governor erected by an actarius and notarius within the Mithraic sanctuary of Lambaesis.

Sculpted ram’s head discovered among the finds from the supposed Mithraic sanctuary.

This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin’s reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.

The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.

Lambaesis, Lambaisis or Lambaesa, is a Roman archaeological site in Algeria, 11 km southeast of Batna and 27 km west of Timgad, located next to the modern village of Tazoult.

Peter Mark Adams’ The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot.

Questions on the old and new testaments, 113.11. Ambrosiaster, 5th cent.

Presentation of the so-called Mithraeum of Burham by Mark Samuel at the Ordinary Meeting of Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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Sandstone plate from Beihingen in the Neckar valley, depicting on one side a youth in Oriental dress with a bow in an arched niche, and on the other a corresponding figure; both may represent torchbearers or Mithraic grades.

Inscribed altar from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by a dedicant whose name reads Matto

Red sandstone relief fragment from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt preserving the lower part of Vulcanus with an anvil, hammer, and tongs

Damaged red sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting the naked Sol standing in a four-horse chariot, head and arms lost

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

Sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, probably the damaged head of a torchbearer, often misidentified as Mercury.