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The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.

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Dancing out
the Mysteries of Dionysos
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’

Andreu Abuín
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras
Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry's intense and complex essay.

Nilufer Akcay
From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

Gaby Simeoni

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Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras
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.
Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.

Sarah E. Bond
Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

Lorena García Calvo
Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained
HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.

Juliette Harrisson
The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend
The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.

Pitamber Kaushik

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Mithra temple of Marāgheh

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.
Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Mithraeum of Naples

The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

Monumenta

Mithraic art and artifacts

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Comments from visitors

John Brant

While there were many mithraea located at the forts on the Limes, there was not one at the Saalburg.
on Mithräum von Saalburg
Robert Fritzius

According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
Robert Fritzius

Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down.
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

Requi

Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.
on Head of Mithras from the Mithraeum of Angers
Ale Fernandez

This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself.
on La grotta del Mitreo
Roberto R. Violat

Excelente su artículo que confirma la teoria del profesor Russell, del cual me basé en parte en la...
on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Zi

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.
on Mithraeum de Bordeaux
Alex

I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
Ton van Reen

As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
on Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

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News and articles from Mithraeum.eu

The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

Dancing out
the Mysteries of Dionysos

Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras

From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras

Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear

Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti

Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained

The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend

Some places to visit

Mithra temple of Marāgheh

Mithräum von Künzing

Mitreo degli Animali

Mithraeum of Naples

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