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.
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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.
Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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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.
Excavated in 1919, the Mithraeum near the Roman Gate was installed in the 3rd century within a larger building complex.
The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
Petrogenesis statue from Schachadorf
Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin
Tauroctony relief from Ozd
Fragmentary tauroctony from Kostolac
Altar bearing a relief of Cautopates from Silistra
Tauroctony relief from Verona
Marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates from Rusicade
Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos
Sandstone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum
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There are more than a few examples of tauroctonies without Sol and Luna. Space is always a consideration when carving stone…
On the basilica of Autun (1148) the journey is reversed: souls ascend to heaven by the Moon and…
Nonne speluncae instrumenta communicationis socialis et manipulatio populi, ars tantum inter tyrannos inventa…
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The Two Gates: Thank you very much for sharing this Dominique. Traditionally…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Here, does the bas-relief come from Ptuj, or from Frankfurt-Heddernheim?
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An essential article for understanding the archaeoastronomical orientation of the Hawarte Mithraeum…
