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The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.
Notitiae
News and articles from Mithraeum.eu
Mariemont unveils
(some of) the Mysteries of MithrasThe exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
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.
Dancing out
the Mysteries of DionysosPeter 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.’
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of MithrasBetween 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.
Introductio
Press clips
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
Some places to visit
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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.
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Mithraeum of London
The London Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
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Mithraeum des Bolards
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
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Mithräum von Saalburg
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion
Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Mithras rock-birth of Trier
Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Sententia
Comments from visitors
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible ...
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
Excelente su artículo que confirma la teoria del profesor Russell, del cual me basé en parte en la...
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?...
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