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Mithras in India and Iran

We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.

Maarten Jozef Vermaseren

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  • Life around the world’s largest Mithras temple revealed at Doliche

    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

    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

  • The Mirror of Mithras

    Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.

    P Sufenas Virius Lupus

  • A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier

    A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

  • Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra

    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

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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo della Crypta Balbi

    The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.

     
  • Mithraeum of Rudchester

    The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

     
  • Mithraeum of Rožanec

    According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.

     
  • Mithräum von Saarbrücken

    The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.

     

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Dave Fingrut

My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…

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Sercan Sarıkaya

Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.

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Dominique PERSOONS

hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul …

on Cautes from Les Bolards

 

Chris Huff

The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at…

on Mithraeum of Rudchester

 

Pattie L

CIMRM 807bis Vol 2, page 36

on Altar of Benifayó

 

Pattie L

Can I ask you to visit the Ashmolean and take some pictures? ;-)

on Beth

 

The New Mithraeum

Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the Mithraic context…

on Mithraeum of Tienen

 
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