The New Mithraeum Database

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Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.

Slave of the imperial family and dispensator who repaired an image of Mithras in Tibur, near Rome.

Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.

The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.

The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.

The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

This limestone altar dedicated to Mithras by a certain Veturius Dubitatus was found in Dalj, Croatia, in 1910.

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in Golubić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, near a cementery.

The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.