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Monuments of United States of America

Monuments, mithraea and other objects related to Mithras, his cult and related subjects.

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MITHRAEUM
Mithraeum of Dura Europos
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
Syria
MONUMENTUM
Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
Syria
MONUMENTUM
Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.
Italy
MONUMENTUM
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
MONUMENTUM
Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.
Syria
MONUMENTUM
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
In this fresco from Dura Europas, Mithras hunts accompanied by the lion and the serpent.
Syria
MONUMENTUM
Tauroctony exposed at Princeton
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.
Italy
MONUMENTUM
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Tauroctony in black marble on display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.

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