Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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 the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Head of Mithras of Mackwiller
Submission scene from Barberini
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Statue of a mother goddess with child
Inscription of Aphrodisius
Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
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great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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