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Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

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

Notitiae

News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    The MITHRA Project

    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.

     
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    The Father of Mithras

    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.

     
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    Mithras in Hispania

    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.

     
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    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    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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Some places to visit

  • Mithräum von Dieburg

    There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

     
  • Casa del Mitreo de Mérida

    Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

     
  • Mithra temple of Marāgheh

    The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

     
  • 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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Guest insights

The New Mithraeum

Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!

 

Raymond HUGUES

La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…

on Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …

 

Mithraeum.eu

Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.

on Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 
 

Farokh Mehr

Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …

on Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras

 

Stephen Chappell

OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…

on Submission scene from Barberini

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...

 
 

Zi

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 
 

Alex Cruz

Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.

on Del mitraísmo a la masonería. Una historia de las ideas

 
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