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The New Mithraeum Database

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Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull

Glass paste imprint depicting the Tauroctony surrounded by symbolic figures.

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Castor-vase of St Albans

The St Albans mithraic vase depicts fragments of three figures identified by Vermaseren as Hercules, Mercury and Mithras as an archer.

Notitia

Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras

On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.

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Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos

Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’.

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Presentation of Mystai by Peter Mark Adams

Presentation on the Dionysian-themed frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries by Peter Mark Adams on the occasion of the presentation of his book.

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Mithrasstein Dieburg

Film in German describing the Mithras relief from Dieburg as part of the design and staging of the Mithraeum in Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg.

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Mitreo del Circo Massimo

Video report of the Italian TV channel La 7 about Mithraism made in the Mithraeum of the Circo Massimo.

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Mithraism with Jason Reza Jorjani

Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD, is a philosopher and author of Prometheus and Atlas, World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, Novel Folklore: The Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat, and Iranian Leviathan: A Monumental History of Mithra's Abode.

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Tauroctony from Asciano

The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.

Pagina

Massimo Livadiotti

Italian artist inspired by mythology, sacred art, and the classical world.

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Mithras, the invincible god

Although no written account of Mithras’ myth survives, the monuments of the Roman world preserve fragments of his sacred story.

Notitia

From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

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The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania

The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.

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Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear

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.

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Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism

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

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Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

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.

Syndexios

Zenobius

Son of the Palmyrene archer commander Iarhiboles and dedicator of the 170–171 CE tauroctony relief from Dura-Europos.

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Second altar from Tibiscum by Hermadio

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

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Mitreo di Sabazio

The Mithraeum of Sabazeus was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.

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Autel of Straton from Kreta

Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.

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