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Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

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

News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    The MITHRA Project

    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.

     
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    The Father of Mithras

    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.

     
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    Mithras in Hispania

    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.

     
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    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    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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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

    The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.

     
  • Mithréum de Bordeaux

    C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.

     
  • Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

    The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

     
  • Mithréum de Mackwiller

    The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Pattie Lawler

We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)

on Mithréum de Vienne

 

Andreu Abuín

Polelle offers a fast-paced, sometimes dizzying novel full of intrigue and action. A little too much…

 

Nik Shah

Great. It's similar to the Mithraic temple in Maragheh, Iran. According to this photos, the Mithraic…

on Mithraeum of Zerzevan

 

Dominique PERSOONS

here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.

 

Jorge Gallo

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…

 
 

Sukey Jessup

I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …

on Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

 

Mithraeum.eu

Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 

Jorge Gallo

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