Dancing out
the Mysteries of Dionysos
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
Notitiae
News and articles from Mithraeum.eu
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.
The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of MithrasBetween the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry's intense and complex essay.
From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.
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Press clips
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
The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend
The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.
Pitamber Kaushik
Some places to visit
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Mithraeum of Kapıkaya
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
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Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro
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.
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Mithraeum of Ptuj III
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Aion of York
Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Lion of Carnuntum III
Graffiti to Kamelios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni
Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
Relief of Aion-Phanes
Votive plaque of Stockstadt
Sententia
Comments from visitors
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma...
I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself.
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
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