In central London, seven meters underground, lies an ancient Roman temple to a mysterious god called Mithras. Nearly 2,000 years after the temple was frequented by the all-male members of an exclusive ...

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 ...

Two stone altars, unearthed at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and now acquired for the nation, will make their public debut in a new exhibition. The artefacts once formed the heart of the Roman Empire's ...

Two concurrent debutante balls on Valentine’s Evening turned the pages of time to recount the story of the prophet Daniel’s interpretation of the dream of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, as ...

Matthew McCarty explores the cult worship of the ancient Persian god Mithras. Matthew McCarty, assistant professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of British Columbia, explores the cult which ...

Two “stunning” stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are to go on show for the first time in a new exhibition. The altars were once the centrepiece of the ...

Two main-line Carnival balls, both with debutante queens, occurred the same evening. The High Priests of Mithras, who rounded up their revelers in the Napoleon Ballroom of the Sheraton Held, paid ...