At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described.

CIMRM 91

Egypt

In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.

CIMRM 91

Egypt

This Mithras killing the Bull relief from Memphis, Egypt, it is preserved in the Museum of Cairo.

CIMRM 93

Egypt

According to Pettazzoni Aion in general finds its iconographical origin in Egypt. Mithras must have been worshipped in Egypt in the third century B.C.

CIMRM 103

Egypt

This statue of the god lion-head was found in Memphis, Egypt.

CIMRM 94

Egypt

Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (or CIMRM) is a two volume collection of inscriptions and monuments relating primarily to the Mithraic Mysteries.

Franz Cumont. — Les Religions orientales dans le paganisme romain, 4e éd. revue, illustrée et annotée. Un vol. in-8° carré de XVI et 339 pages. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1929.

Non seulement le contenu de ce traité est passionnant, mais l’édition en est ici exemplaire. La traduction et l’annotation sont de Mario Meunier, helléniste de la vieille école ; en le qualifiant ainsi, nous entendons bien faire son éloge.

The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey).

CUMONT (Franz) Les Religions orientales dans le paganisme romain. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Geuthner 1963, 336 et 16 planches hors-texte ; rééd anastatique de la 4e édition (1929) On se réjouit de posséder nouveau ce grand livre.