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 Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mithras with the bow
Inscription of Septimius Archelaus
Tauroctony of Târgușor
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum
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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
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
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The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
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