For those that are ready to wield the Herculean club, conquering inner and outer labors! Just like the Homeric Odyssey is a sacred text allegorizing the journey of the soul to Penelope, the ...

Rock-cut tauroctony forming the cult image of Mithraeum I at Doliche, later deliberately defaced by Christian iconoclasts.

Known from a dedication to Dominus Invictus in Malaca, he may represent an early and uncertain witness to Mithraism in ...

Known from a disputed inscription discovered near Mediolanum, she has been tentatively linked to a Mithraic dedication, ...

Aelia Arisuth may have been associated with a Mithraic community.

According to Ernst Renan, the renowned 19th-century historian of religion and philologist, if the Roman world had not become Christian, it would be Mithraic today. This controversial premise also ...

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

Mithras, shown in Oriental dress and a flowing chlamys, plunges a dagger into the neck of the bull while restraining the animal beneath him. A raven appears on the god’s cloak, while a dog and a ...

Severan governor and commander of Legio VII Gemina, associated with the religious milieu that fostered the rise of Mithraic communities in north-western Hispania. The inscription has traditionally ...

Marble relief fragment from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving part of Mithras's flying cloak and the scorpion below the bull. Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.15 D. 0.05).

Fine ceramic cup discovered in 1994 during the excavation of the Mithraeum of Octodurus (Martigny), one of the rare Roman sanctuaries in Switzerland dedicated to the god Mithras. The vessel was ...

Typical vessels with snake decorations in caves usually indicate a connection with the Mithraic mysteries. The majority of the numerous pottery and animal bones accumulated as a result of reoccurring ...