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The MITHRA Project

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Andreu Abuín

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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 di San Clemente

    The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.

     
  • Mithraeum I of Ptuj

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

     
  • Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

    A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

     
  • Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

    This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Pattie L

CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…

on Altar to Petra Genetrix from Aquincum

 

The New Mithraeum

Great shot! Thanks for sharing, Pattie. We’d need a reference though, not go our entire database ;…

on a post

 

Milo Fascino

Il piacere è tutto mio.

on Milo

 

Milo Fascino

aquí tienes mi comentario

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Ilona Lovász

There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithraeum of Victorinus (II…

on Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

 

Yannick Schmidt

The map entry seems to be wrong, nowhere near Saarbrücken

on Mithräum von Saarbrücken

 

Antonio Moreno Rosa

The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the impluvium…

on Mitra de Cabra

 

The New Mithraeum

It will indeed be helpful to have up-to-date information from anyone who has just visited a temple…

on Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 

The New Mithraeum

That’s a good excuse to open a discord server ;)

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