A recent article has prompted me to re-examine Mithraism and present it in detail to News24's readers. History of Mithraism The cult of Mithras was actually of very ancient lineage, traceable in one ...

Some 1,600 years ago, ancient Romans would have worshipped the god Mithras, possibly in an altered state of consciousness, within the "Mithraeum of Colored Marbles," said archaeologists who found the ...

A new analysis using satellite maps and a software that can plot the direction of sunrise and sunset revealed that the ‘Mithraeum’ beside a Roman fort in Carrawburgh lines up with both the winter ...

During recent excavations in Regensburg’s old town, German archaeologists uncovered a temple dedicated to the god Mithras. Because the building was originally constructed in wood, only a few ...