For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Andreu Abuín
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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 Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors
Tauroctony of Palazzo Mattei di Giove
Tauroctony from Albacini
Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony
Tauroctony 593
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Sententia
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
Welcome Mertseger. We do too ✨
Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
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