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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

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Some places to visit

  • Mithräum von Künzing

    The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

     
  • Mitreo di Spoleto

    The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.

     
  • Mithräum I von Güglingen

    Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

     
  • Mithraeum of Tiddis

    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.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

 

Robert Fritzius

Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Matthew Keenan

★Newcomer Questionnaire:★ Only fill in what you are comfortable answering. Where are you fro…

 
 

Sukey Jessup

I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…

 

Gabriel Simeoni

It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…

 

Franzo Moss

great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks

 

Alex

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

 

Dominique PERSOONS

the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

 

Pattie Lawler

As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.

on Tauroctony on display in Boston

 
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