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Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and the simply curious. By the way, some of its articles can be found on this very site thanks to the generous support of the publisher, the Musée Royal Mariemont.
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... unfortunately I had never heard of it and could get lost in the decorations on both sides... why is this monument given so little attention? a priest erected it and immortalized Kernelente on this stone...
Des rituels mystérieux, une hiérarchie gradée au sein d’un culte énigmatique, une société considérée pendant longtemps comme secrète au sein de l’Empire Romain….
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
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.
Student at the University of Oxford, writing a dissertation on the San Clemente Mithraeum.
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the impluvium, not inside the pond.
The 'Casa del Mitra' is near Igabrum.
Dutch historian, born in 1918 and deceased in 1985. He was a specialist in the history of religions, especially the Eastern cults in the Roman Empire. A prolific writer, best known for his Corpus inscriptionum et monumentorum religionis Mithriacae.
Where does the nightingale description come from? TIA.
I'm a follower of Mithra since 1988, because he is the best shape of god in my opinion.