Adams on Mithras
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
Notitiae
News and articles
from The New Mithraeum
Mithras in Dacia
with Csaba SzabóExploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancien…
Re-interpreting
the Mysteries of MithrasErnest 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.
On the Cave of the Nymphs
Translation and Introductory Essay by Robert Lamberton. Station Hill Press Barrytown, New York 1983.
The New Mithraeum
Introductio
Press clips
The Mirror of Mithras
Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
P Sufenas Virius Lupus
A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier
A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
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.
Some places to visit
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Mithraeum of Hawarti
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
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Mithraeum of Housesteads
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
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Casa del Mitreo
The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.
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Mithraeum of Tiddis
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.
Mithraic art and artefacts
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
Aion of Hedderneheim
Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Sententia
Guest insights
Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima →The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
on Mithraeum of Rudchester →Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own vi…
on a post →As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
on Tauroctony on display in Boston →En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
on a post →Thanks Pattie!
on Altar of Benifayó →Hoş geldin Dogan. Kendini evinde hisset!
on Dogan →No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
on Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis →Can I ask you to visit the Ashmolean and take some pictures? ;-)
on Beth →Libri
