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.
Notitiae
News and articles
from The New Mithraeum
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.
Mapping Roman sanctuaries in the Danubian provinces
The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive digital and open access representation of sacralised spaces founded and maintained during the Principate in the territory of the Danubian provinces.
Mithras in India and Iran
We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.
Mariemont unveils
(some of) the Mysteries of MithrasThe exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
Introductio
Press clips
Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra
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
Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras
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.
Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
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
Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained
HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.
Juliette Harrisson
Some places to visit
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Mithräum von Künzing
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
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Mithraeum of Aquincum II in Victorinus's house
The temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
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Mithraeum of Carrawburgh
The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.
Mithraic art and artifacts
Aion relief of Palazzo Colonna
Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Tauroctony of Neuenheim
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Tauroctony on display in Princeton
Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Sententia
Comments from visitors
Can't wait for more details...
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic ...
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp...
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios.
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the...
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