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 Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Mercury of Stockstadt
Inscription of Septimius Archelaus
Tauroctony of Fellbach
Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection
Aion of Memphis
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Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
Excellent idea ;)
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
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