A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
Notitiae
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
Arguments for interpreting the Tomb of the Elephant as a Mithraeum based on architectural archaeology, digital surveying and archaeoastronomy.
We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?
Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
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Introductio
Press clips
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.
Late Roman Mithraeum beneath a fourth-century church, preserving one of the most extensive cycles of Mithraic wall paintings ever discovered.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
One of the largest known Mithraea in Pannonia, the sanctuary of Sárkeszi stood near the Roman road linking Herculia and Aquincum.
Tauroctony on yellow carnelian from Udine
Cautopates statue from Intercisa
Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim
Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris
Torchbearer head from Heddernheim
Small fragment of a tauroctony from Cincșor
Tauroctony relief from Alcsútdoboz
Prehistoric axe with Mithraic associations from Argolis
Aion (?) from Janiculum Hill
Sententia
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Monism, chiasm, and dialectics: three principles of thought.
On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…
I don’t understand why he needs a shower cap to go surfing.
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;) and what about the armour!
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There was an actual (charred) pinecone found in the floor at Carrawburgh. Understandably hard to tag…
Dear Dominique, interesting observation. However, the placement of Selene (Luna) in this Mithraeum…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Many thanks, Kutalmış. The record has now been corrected and your 2017 publication added as the original reference…
Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.
