For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Andreu Abuín
Notitiae
Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.
Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
Agencia
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.
Sarah E. Bond
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
Tauroctony of Palermo
Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
Tauroctony of Gimmeldingen
Mithras rock-birth of Trier
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
Submission scene from Barberini
Sententia
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
check out what's new on the nymphaeum, guys! you'll get your wings dusted with magic powder to fly a…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
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