The Mithras Index

Name Location Status Key Finds CIMRM/Other Ref Latitude Longitude Date Discovered Notes
CyreneLibyaDisputed1970s niche with possible Mithraic symbolsN/A32.82621.8581970Luni 2003 (LibAnt)
LeptiminusTunisiaPlausibleBench structure near port; no tauroctony foundN/A35.67810.8822021Dridi 2021 (Hesperia)
Mithraeum at BirnekeRed Sea Coast, EgyptConfirmedAltar Fragment Deo Soli MithraeN/A23.90835.472015Near Harbor Shrine Area
Mithraeum at CarthageCarthage AfricaConfirmedBroken Tauroctony, InscriptionsCIMRM 103-10536.85310.32320Byrsa Hill
Mithraeum of Ad MediasHenchir Demna, TunisiaConfirmedRoad station-36.48339.251970Frontier shrine
Mithraeum of AlexandriaAlexandria, EgyptProbableSerapeum links-31.229.91670Text references only
Mithraeum of BereniceBerenice Troglodytica, EgyptConfirmedRed Sea port-23.908335.47222010Trade route shrine
Mithraeum of Caesarea (Mauretania)Cherchell, AlgeriaConfirmedImperial-era altar-36.60972.19191950Juba II's capital
Mithraeum of Castellum DimmidiMessad, AlgeriaConfirmedSaharan outpost-34.153.52024Limes excavation
Mithraeum of CyreneShahhat, LibyaConfirmedTauroctony reliefCIMRM 76-7832.825621.85861930North African rare example
Mithraeum of GholaiaBu Njem, LibyaProbableOasis garrison-30.916715.93330Text references
Mithraeum of Iol CaesareaTipasa, AlgeriaDisputedPossible chamber-36.59672.44392000Under basilica
Mithraeum of Lepcis MagnaKhoms, LibyaConfirmedTauroctony mosaic-32.638114.29061920Severan hometown
Mithraeum of MemphisMit Rahina, EgyptDisputedPossible adaptation-29.8531.251980Near Ptah temple
Mithraeum of OeaTripoli, LibyaDisputedPossible shrine-32.913.18331980Urban center
Mithraeum of RusicadeSkikda, AlgeriaConfirmedPortico shrine-36.86676.91980Numidian port
Mithraeum of SabrathaSabratha, LibyaProbableTheater complex-32.805312.4851950Under reconstruction
Mithraeum of SitifisSétif, AlgeriaProbableText references-36.18335.40Literary evidence
Mithraeum of ThamugadiTimgad, AlgeriaConfirmedVeteran colony-35.4856.46861930Trajanic foundation
Mithraeum of Thanaramusa CastraThenia, AlgeriaDisputedNumidian fort-36.73333.552010Under debate
Mithraeum of ThebesLuxor, EgyptProbableRoman-era chamber-25.683332.652000Under Christian church
Mithraeum of TillibariRemada, TunisiaConfirmedMilitary votives-32.316710.41980Southernmost African
Mithraeum of TipasaTipaza, AlgeriaConfirmedPunic-Roman blend-36.59672.44391970Coastal trade city
Mithraeum of VegeselaKsar Ghilane, TunisiaProbableDesert springs-33.01679.61670Possible reuse
Mithraeum of VolubilisMeknes, MoroccoConfirmedBerber influences-34.0736-5.5551960Far western example
PtolemaisLibyaPlausible2010s Sol Invictus altar fragment under studyN/A32.70220.9452010Libyan Antiquity Report 2022
ThysdrusTunisiaDisputed1970s Sol Invictus altar; possible MithraicN/A35.310.7171970ENAM Report 2020
TiddisAlgeriaConfirmedRock-cut sanctuary with altar to Sol Invictus MithrasN/A36.4566.3271950CIMRM Suppl. (2005)
TimgadAlgeriaDisputed1950s niche with bull imagery; needs verificationN/A35.4856.4681950Djemila Archives