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 Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
Serapis head of Walbrook
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Cautes Borcovicus
Dipinto in red letters from Dura Europos
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
Sententia
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
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I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
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
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
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