This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates. Relief of Heracles/Hercules capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.

Interactive map highlighting most of the Mithras shrines, featuring descriptions and links to further information.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

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 ...

The first documented mentions of the Mithraic cult in Europe, with allusions to Eastern-named gods, profuse and unmistakable iconography, and dark, subterranean temples, appear from the end of the 1st ...

The Sol altar is a dramatic one, with a recess in the rear for a light which would have shone through his pierced rays, eyes, mouth and nose. Remains of an iron rod behind the nose hint at a more ...

Between 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 ...

Relief in grey limestone (H. 0.59 Br. 0.825 D. 0.10) from the Repovic mountains. It is sculptured on two sides and it was found near A. Sarajevo, Archaeological Museum. Probably 4th cent. A.D. 1) ...

White marble relief (H. 1.15 Br. 0.35). Galleria degli Uffizi. On a restored base a standing Aion with lion's head. His body is entwined by six windings of a serpent, which lays its head on that of ...

Table of references for mithraic artefacts Cross-database references to monuments, inscriptions and other artefacts related to the Cult of Mithras.

White marble statue (H. 1.27 BL 1.50). From Rome transported to London by Charles Standish in 1815; from 1826 in the British Museum, Inv. No. 1720. Probably second century. Mithras, slaying the bull.

Base or block in sandstone (H. 0.47 Br. 0.56 D. 0.44). The base is sculptured on two sides. Head of Medusa between acanthus-Ieaves; lying lion to the right with a head between his forelegs.