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Shrines of Mithras

Mithraea, also known as temples, shrines, caves or spelaea, dedicated to Mithras and his cult.
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    Mithraeum of Burham

    To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

    TNMM592 – CIMRM 808

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    Mithraeum of Prozor

    The Mithraea in the territory of Arupium were first mentioned by Š. Ljubić in 1882.

    TNMM59

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    Mitreo di Ponza

    The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

    TNMM96

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    Mithraeum of Sárkeszi

    The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.

    TNMM766

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    Mithräum von Trier

    The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

    TNMM587

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    Mithräum von Mundelsheim

    The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.

    TNMM51

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    Mithréum d’Orbe-Boscéaz

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

    TNMM260

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    Mount Nemrut Dağı

    Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

    TNMM79 – CIMRM 28

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    Mithräum von Dieburg

    There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

    TNMM232 – CIMRM 1246

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    Mithraeum VI of Aquincum

    A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.

    TNMM760

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    Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

    This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.

    TNMM84 – CIMRM 1750, 1751

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    Mitreo della domus dei capitelli

    Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

    TNMM757

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    Mithräum I von Güglingen

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

    TNMM38

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    Mithraeum I of Ptuj

    The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

    TNMM185 – CIMRM 1487

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    Mithréum de Dyo

    A statue and a relief of Cautes have been found in an ancient Gallo-Roman site in the commune of Dyo.

    TNMM347

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    Mithräum I von Köln

    The Mithraeum I of Cologne is situated amid a block of buildings. It was impossible to narrowly determine its construction and lay-out.

    TNMM352 – CIMRM 1018

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    Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

    TNMM5 – CIMRM 216

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    Mithräum von Gimmeldingen

    The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.

    TNMM49 – CIMRM 1313

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    Mithraeum of Jajce

    The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.

    TNMM63 – CIMRM 1901

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    Mithraeum of Qasr Ibn Wardan

    According to F. Cumont, the Bedouins told a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardân was a fort with a mithraeum.

    TNMM350 – CIMRM 73

 
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