For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Andreu Abuín
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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 Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Slab of Sol Invictus
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
Mithras Tauroctony and other figures from Palæographia Britannica
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Tauroctony in the British Museum
Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
Tauroctony of Pisa
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Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
Thank you for noticing, Ron. The Syrian location mentioned before referred to the original Roman Pro…
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Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Dear Collegue: May I consult You in order to a potsherd on which the word 'leonis' has beenürn on…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
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