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 Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros
Round Tauroctony of Split
Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
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I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
Welcome Mertseger. We do too ✨
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
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