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Archaeologists Discover Oldest Mithras Temple in Bavaria Archaeologists in Regensburg, Germany, have uncovered a rare Roman temple linked to the secretive Mithras cult, marking the oldest known sanctuary of its kind in Bavaria. The temple, built during the first or second century A.D., was dedicated to Mithras, a deity associated with light and cosmic order. Mithraism, a mystery cult that coexisted with early Christianity, involved rituals that only select individuals, known as mystae, could participate in, with some attaining up to seven levels of initiation. The discovery came during preparations for a construction project and was initially overlooked until post-excavation analysis revealed distinctive tableware, ritual deposits, and a silver votive plaque inscribed 'DEO INVICTO,' confirming the site as a Mithraeum. Evidence also included animal bones used in sacrifices and various ceremonial objects. The temple reportedly burned down in 171 A.D. during the Marcomannic Wars and was not rebuilt, although some cult items may have been reused in later sanctuaries. This find provides rare physical evidence of Mithraic rituals in Bavaria and adds to our understanding of Roman-era religious diversity in the region.

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A hand drawn scene of inner-city Beijing including a drum tower, lanterns hanging off trees and a pile of rental bikes.

A hand drawn scene of inner-city Beijing including a drum tower, lanterns hanging off trees and a pile of rental bikes.

Happy #screenshotsaturday everyone. We're currently building the second act of Mithra which is set in Beijing. We're currently building out part of the area called "The Drum Tower".

#indiegame #adventuregame #godotengine #gameart #art #china #beijing #videogame #indiedev #handdrawn #mithra #mithras

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When in Londinium...

#indiegame #roman #mithra #mithras #mithraeum

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Two stone altars from a Roman fort near Edinburgh have been acquired for the National Collection ahead of a major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The carvings go on display for the first time in ’Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire’ (14 November 2026 – 28 April 2027).
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German archaeologists find a mysterious men-only Mithras cult site. by Nela Heidner, Tokunbo Salako — Euronews

German archaeologists find a mysterious men-only Mithras cult site.

During recent excavations in Regensburg’s old town, German archaeologists uncovered an ancient buried temple where Roman legionaries once worshipped the sun god Mithr…

#Archaeology #Mithras #Religion #RomanEmpire #Germany #History

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Zoomed in screen cap of the list of feeds in my Bluesky account, including ‘Archaeology, History, Art, Science, etc.’ which has a little icon of a painted statue of Mithras slaying the bull.

Zoomed in screen cap of the list of feeds in my Bluesky account, including ‘Archaeology, History, Art, Science, etc.’ which has a little icon of a painted statue of Mithras slaying the bull.

Even more zoomed-in screen cap, more clearly showing the Mithras icon - which is, in fact, my digital reconstruction of the Mithras statue group in the British Museum.

Even more zoomed-in screen cap, more clearly showing the Mithras icon - which is, in fact, my digital reconstruction of the Mithras statue group in the British Museum.

Something looked very familiar about the little icon for the archaeology and history feed here in Bluesky … 😁 🏺 1/ #Mithras

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Bis vor einigen Jahren waren die beiden von hinten beleuchtbaren Altäre für Sol und Luna aus dem Mithräum von #Mundelsheim wunderschön, das #Mithras- Relief von #Fellbach flankierend, präsentiert
- im römischen Lapidarium im NeuenSchloss #Stuttgart, das inzwischen leider geschlossen ist. #Römer

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Three orange roundles showing the same image, two small, and one large, of open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Three orange roundles showing the same image, two small, and one large, of open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Orange roundel of open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Orange roundel of open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Scientist touching stone altar with open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Scientist touching stone altar with open mouthed staring face with flowing short hair and six dark orange rays emerging fom head

Set of three prints inspired by the recently discovered Mithras altar in Scotland
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#romans #archaeology #scotland #mithras

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+++ Two ancient stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near #Edinburgh are going on display +++

The altars were used by #Roman soldiers in Scotland to worship the god #Mithras.

The altars were discovered in East Lothian and date back to around 140AD, when Southern Scotland was occupied by Rome.

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Bull statue in front of a church in Utrecht, NL

Bull statue in front of a church in Utrecht, NL

Mithras rearing in his head before the church of the unclean.

#bnwphotography #streetphotography
#gothicarchitecture #Utrecht #blackandwhitephoto #mithras #darkaesthetic #darkside #bulls

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#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #fragmentsofcelsus #celsus #patrick #christianity #earlychristianity #2ndCentury #paganism #religion #faith #belief #gullible #demeter #mithras #christ #badhypothesis

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(3/5) www.jw.org/de/suche/?q=....
Mithras war ein Kriegsgott, der am 25. Dezember wie auch Sol Invictus Geburtstag hatte. #Weihnachten #Kirche #Kreuzzüge
Der Missbrauch von Buben wurde vom Kult in die Kirche aufgenommen.

3. Keine "hochwertigen" Speisen! #Mithras Kult Mitglieder aßen blutiges

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Geheimer Männerkult: Mithras-Tempel in Regensburg entdeckt Für die beteiligten Archäologen ist es eine Sensation: In der Regensburger Innenstadt wurden bei Ausgrabungen fast 2.000 Jahre alte Überreste eines Tempels gefunden. Im Heiligtum ging es wohl mit best...

(1/5) Das 2023 entdeckte Gebäude in #Regensburg gehört zum #Mithras Kult, einer Sekte im alten Rom, die aus Persien stammt & in diesem Fall von der Römischen Kirche (80-171 nach Christus) abgehalten worden ist.
Den teilnehmenden Archäologen fehlt leider
www.br.de/nachrichten/...

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BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION, C. 200 CE. THE BRITISH MUSEUM

This piece was bought from the Castellani collection in 1872 but was probably from Ostia Antica. The inscription is on a bronze plaque topped with three triangles which contain, from left to right, a sacrificial knife, a bust of the Invincible Sun with a radiate crown, and a patera. The inscription is in a wonderful "semi-formal" script which used to be called "rustic capitals", imitating writing with a stylus on wax as if to bely the permanence of writing on bronze. The text says "Dedicated to Sextus Pompeius Maximus, son of Sextus, High Priest of the Sun God, Mithras, all powerful, and Father of Fathers, President of the Guild of Master Ferrymen. We, priests of the all powerful Sun God, Mithras, do this on account of the high regard and affection we hold for him and his worthy deeds. He has this for ever."

BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION, C. 200 CE. THE BRITISH MUSEUM This piece was bought from the Castellani collection in 1872 but was probably from Ostia Antica. The inscription is on a bronze plaque topped with three triangles which contain, from left to right, a sacrificial knife, a bust of the Invincible Sun with a radiate crown, and a patera. The inscription is in a wonderful "semi-formal" script which used to be called "rustic capitals", imitating writing with a stylus on wax as if to bely the permanence of writing on bronze. The text says "Dedicated to Sextus Pompeius Maximus, son of Sextus, High Priest of the Sun God, Mithras, all powerful, and Father of Fathers, President of the Guild of Master Ferrymen. We, priests of the all powerful Sun God, Mithras, do this on account of the high regard and affection we hold for him and his worthy deeds. He has this for ever."

#EpigraphyTuesday returns to the #BritishMuseum for an excellent example of #rustic capitals in the unusual medium of #bronze, in this #inscription from c. 200 CE commemorating one S. Pompeius Maximus, priest of the cult of Sol Invictus and #Mithras. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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Elon June- Our Christmas Baby is probably missing now. We don't know whose dad. Several said it could be anyone. It could be you. Will you bring her home now? We ought to name her Mitra in honor of birth. Thankyou! ETA? Xo #IKR @elonjet.net @aclu.org #Mitrahism #Mithras #Moms #ForReal #Naturally

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Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton YouTube video by Gresham College

Enjoyed watching this talk tonight, from the splendidly gothic Prof. Ronald Hutton. #Mithras 🌤️
www.youtube.com/live/Cl8_X89...

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Love this 'Mithra' Santa! Xo #IKR @elonjet.net #Mithraism #Mithras #Mom

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Heute ist #HeiligeDreiKönige aka #DiaDeLosMagos.
(1/3) Man nennt ihn so, weil Monate nach Jesus Geburt ein Stern über #Jerusalem hielt, der 12-14 Magier des #Mithras Kultes zu Herodes führte, damit dieser #Christus ermorden ließ. Laut der Bibel steckte dahinter Saten, der Teufel.

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ALTAR TO SOL INVICTUS AND MITHRAS, 183 CE. PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI, FLORENCE

Soli inbicto Mitre (!) / M. Ulp(ius) Maximus prae/positus tabellari/orum aram cum / suis ornamentis / et bela domini / insicnis habentes (!) / n(umero) IIII / ut voverat d(onum) d(edit)

This inscription dedicates the gift of this altar to the Undefeated Sun and Mithras by M. Ulpius Maximus, chief postman, along with its decorations, perhaps in metal, and four sails of lord (Mithras) that he had vowed. A smaller inscription above names one Sextus Creusina Secundus, a priest, as being present for the placing of the altar, as Maximus and his son Maximinus had vowed, when Commodus was consul for the fourth time and Victorinus was consul for the second time (ie, 183 CE). The regular replacement of "b" for "v" is interesting. The "vela" or sail was a Mithraic symbol, but here seems real, not symbolic. Postmen or messengers (tabellarii) were imperial workers, and this one might be the son of a freedman of Trajan's.

ALTAR TO SOL INVICTUS AND MITHRAS, 183 CE. PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI, FLORENCE Soli inbicto Mitre (!) / M. Ulp(ius) Maximus prae/positus tabellari/orum aram cum / suis ornamentis / et bela domini / insicnis habentes (!) / n(umero) IIII / ut voverat d(onum) d(edit) This inscription dedicates the gift of this altar to the Undefeated Sun and Mithras by M. Ulpius Maximus, chief postman, along with its decorations, perhaps in metal, and four sails of lord (Mithras) that he had vowed. A smaller inscription above names one Sextus Creusina Secundus, a priest, as being present for the placing of the altar, as Maximus and his son Maximinus had vowed, when Commodus was consul for the fourth time and Victorinus was consul for the second time (ie, 183 CE). The regular replacement of "b" for "v" is interesting. The "vela" or sail was a Mithraic symbol, but here seems real, not symbolic. Postmen or messengers (tabellarii) were imperial workers, and this one might be the son of a freedman of Trajan's.

#EpigraphyTuesday comes to us from #Florence this week, where we find this #altar with a dedication by a head postman to the Undefeated Sun and #Mithras from 183 CE. It first appeared in the #Maffei collection in #Rome and then entered palazzo #Medici #Riccardi. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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In-person tickets open: Mithras: Master of Mystery

👉 https://gres.hm/god-mithras

Prof. Ronald Hutton explores the cult of #Mithras, the most famous of the mystery religions of the #Roman Empire; uncovering what we can really know of this enigmatic faith

University of Bristol

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The Twelve Days of Yule: Unveiling Norse Mysticism and Winter Rituals
The Twelve Days of Yule: Unveiling Norse Mysticism and Winter Rituals YouTube video by Broadcasting Seeds

Twelve Days of #Yule: #Norse #Mysticism & #Winter #Rituals
broadcastingseeds.com

#Celtic: #CailleachBheur #Beira #Viking: #Odin #Frigga #Hodr #Baldur #Greek: #Dionysus #Demeter #Alcyone #Roman: #Saturn #Saturnalia #Mithras #Scottish: #Hogmanay #British: #HollyKing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDJT...

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Ancient Gods, digital communities, and the bible as hypertext.
A seasonal read.
"Modern Mithraism: Ancient Concepts for an Information Age", Open Access at Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
#Mithras #Christmas #DigitalCivics

eidos.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/ei...

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🪷 Tonight's #Aries #FirstQuarter Moon is called the #Invictus moon in #Antinous #MoonMagic, honoring #SolInvictus #Mithras. #Antinoos shines forth from your eyes to illuminate others who live in spiritual darkness. Open your eyes and be a beacon: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... 🪷

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🪷 This Roman Temple of #Mithras #SolInvictus is aligned to sunrise at the #Solstice and the 25 Dec birthday of the unconquerable Sun God. Archaeologists used satellite imagery to study the temple at Carrawburgh in northern England. Full story: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/mith... 🪷

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Happy #Mithras Day to all celebrating the birthday of the killer of the Sky Bull and the wearer of the Phrygian cap of manumated slaves.

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🪷 We celebrate the return of #Antinous #Invictus (Unconquerable Gay God) between 25 Dec & 1 Jan, the Golden Age of #Saturn's reign. This is a time outside time, an occasion for #Saturnalia joy as #SolInvictus returns & #Mithras fecundates the cosmos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... 🪷

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🪷 We celebrate the return of #Antinous #Invictus (Unconquerable Gay God) between 25 Dec & 1 Jan, the Golden Age of #Saturn's reign. This is a time outside time, an occasion for #Saturnalia joy as #SolInvictus returns & #Mithras fecundates the cosmos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... 🪷

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🪷 December 25th Happy birthday to Sol Invictus! In Newcastle England, this Roman sculpture shows #Mithras hatching as the newborn invincible sun surrounded by the earliest depiction of the zodiac ever found in Britain. #Antinous may have seen this! More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/love... 🪷

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