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 Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio
Tauroctony of York
Head of Minerva from London
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
Tauroctony of Monreale
Torchbearer of Porta Portese
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
Altar in Mitreo di Marino
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Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
that's where I live.... Sarrebourg
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chan…
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
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