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 Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Lion of Les Bolards
Petrogeny of Sibiu
Tauroctony bronze of Szőny
Tauroctony medallion of Egypt
Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Submission scene from Barberini
Portable tauroctony of Vienna
Sententia
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Il piacere è tutto mio.
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
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