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 Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Cautes from Newcastle
Altar of Vieu
Tauroctony of Dardagan
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Krater with weekday gods of Trier
Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis
Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag
Tauroctony of Arshawi-Kibar
Sententia
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Il piacere è tutto mio.
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul . I…
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