It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
Notitiae
On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
An esoteric journey through Mithraic sanctuaries, blood symbolism, initiation, solar mysteries and the survival of the pagan spirit in the West.
A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
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Introductio
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
Agencia
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.
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
Altar to Cautes by Venulus from Ptuj
Altar of Manius Cretinus from Gherla
Terracotta krater from the Friedberg Mithraeum
Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac
Cultores Inscription from Tiddis
Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure
Marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates from Rusicade
Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum
Alabaster tauroctony fragment from Cologne
Sententia
Thank you for your testimony, great! And then, a Mithras stele without the Sun is like Jesus without the cross…
Hi Yannick, thanks for checking. Just to clarify, 545 is the TNMM number, not the CIMRM number.
Pine-cone hunting season is officially open: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=pinea
I believe that the top left corner does not come from this relief: there is no Sun facing the Moon…
Ave, dear Andreu, Christianity is contemporary with Mithras and indeed borrows the Platonic chiasma…
Oh well, all I had to do was ask, and now we can tag shires too! There we go: https://www.mithraeum…
Sweet!!
Dear Senior Amicus, While you are, strictly speaking, absolutely correct, it is worth recalling…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Thank you for sharing, much appreciated
