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Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos

A certain Maximus from the Legio IV Scythica engraved his name in one of the columns of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Mithraeum of Hawarte

Late Roman Mithraeum beneath a fourth-century church, preserving one of the most extensive cycles of Mithraic wall paintings ever discovered.

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Mithraeum of Dura Europos

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

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Tauroctony relief from Şehitkamil (Gaziantep)

New evidence for the cult of Mithras and the religious practices of Legio IV Scythica at the Roman frontier city of Zeugma on the Euphrates.

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Mithraea of Dülük

The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.

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Tauroctony relief from Dülük

Rock-cut tauroctony forming the cult image of Mithraeum I at Doliche, later deliberately defaced by Christian iconoclasts.

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Column with inscription from Dura Europos

The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.

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Graffito naming Maximus magus at Dura-Europos

Engraved inscription naming Maximus as magus, from column 1 of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

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List of Mithraic grades from Dura-Europos

Partial list of Mithraic initiatory grade titles attested in inscriptions from the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos.

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Graffito with eisodos and exodos at Dura-Europos

Minute engraved inscription with the words eisodos and exodos (entrance and exit), from column 3 of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

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Tauroctony relief of Sidon

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

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Lion-headed Aion from Sidon

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

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Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon

The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.

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Relief head of Mithras from the Syrian coast

Fragment of a white marble relief depicting the head of Mithras with Phrygian cap and nimbus, found on the Syrian coast between Lattakieh and Tartous, first half of 2nd century A.D.

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Wall plaster inscription fragment from Dura-Europos

Fragmentary inscription on wall plaster from the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria, with partially legible text.

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Graffito naming Antoninus at Dura-Europos

Engraved Nâma inscription addressed to Antoninus, a pious syndexios, from the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Dipinto naming the fathers of Dura-Europos

Painted inscription naming the patres and other initiates of the Mithraeum, above the podium in the south-west corner of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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Graffito with Nâma salutation from Dura-Europos

Graffito bearing the Mithraic salutation Nâma, engraved on column 1 of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

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