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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

  • Mithraeum de Martigny

    The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

     
  • Mitreo di Ponza

    The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

     
  • Mitreo de Cabra

    The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

     
  • Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

    The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Mithraeum.eu

Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.

on Mithräum von Schwarzerden

 

Jorge Gallo

I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...

on Mithréum de Vienne

 

Jorge Gallo

Excellent, count me in!

 

Gabriel Simeoni

By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…

 

Jorge Gallo

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …

 

Milo Fascino

Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨

 

Franzo Moss

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

 

Jorge Gallo

If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…

 
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