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 was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
Tauroctony of Capri
Altar of Senj made by the slave Hermes
Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
Mithras head of Walbrook
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Cautes of Sidon
Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Hoşgeldin nebuch :)
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
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