Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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.
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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
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Mithraic brooch of Ostia
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
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If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Hoşgeldin nebuch :)
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
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