Key iconography known as ‘Tauroctony’, found in Temples of Mithras across the Roman Empire, depict the god Mithras slaying a bull. “The defeat of this beast,” Robinson suggests, ...

Archaeologists in Trier found a stone statue connected to Mithras, a mysterious Roman god, and located an ancient cult space, photos show. Screengrab from Südwestrundfunk (SWR)'s video Torch ...

The archaeologists unearthed a 4-foot-tall stone relief statue of a figure known as Cautes, experts said. Cautes was a torch bearer for Mithras, the ancient Roman god of light, and symbolized ...

Mithras, the oriental godImage: Manasi Gopalakrishnan /DW. The Rhineland area, in which Cologne is situated, ... were the most venerated by the locals together with the Roman gods.

A sanctuary dedicated to the ancient god Mithras was uncovered by archaeologists excavating at the Villa del Mitra in Cabra, Spain. Remains of ritual banquets were found within the sanctuary.

Ancient Rome: A divine welter of beliefs. If you think that Roman religion was essentially Greek mythology with Latinized names, think again. Pagan polytheism in ancient Rome was dizzyingly ...