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 Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Aion altar of Bordeaux
Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
Altar with inscription from Baetulo
Persian plaque from the palace of Darius
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Relief fragment of Ptuj
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
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I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
some pictures from 1895:
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
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