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 Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Aesculapius of Merida
Altar of Vieu
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio
Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
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great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
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Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
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