The New Mithraeum Database

Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Zadar includes a naked Sol in a quadriga.

HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.

Some Iranian archaeologists suggest that the carving was created by a follower of Mithraism as it depicts a simple portrayal of a human with his right hand raised and an object in his hand. But, experts say it needs much more study in order to date the pe

How a rock relief in western Iran, carved during the time of the Sasanian Persian Empire (AD 224-651), has been re-imagined over the centuries.

The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.

Three fragments of a plate (diam. 0.14), found at Treves, in the pottery's work- shops along the Ziegelstrasze near the Roman Wall.

Head in limestone from the Jura (H. 0.18) found "bei der Anlage des (von der Hospitalwiese) nach Heiligkreuz hinauffiihrenden Weges" on the slope of the hill (1864).

Marble relief (H. 0.725 Br. 0.35 D. 0.225), found in Chester "built up in an adjoining hall "White Friars" in 1851".

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.

This short dipinto pays homage to the Lions and the Persians, the 4th and 5th Mithraic degrees.

This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

The Secret Cult of Saturn in Imperial Rome.

Fragment of limestone from Porêts, which was used in the 4th century.