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
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
Agencia
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
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Cult vessel with snake representations of St. Egyden
Tauroctony of Sî`
Column to Nabarze of Protas
Tauroctony of Dardagan
Aion from Muti's gardens
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
Castor-vase of St Albans
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Sententia
Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …
Good information
Dear newcomers, kindly complete this questionnaire to the best of your abilities in this thread. You…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
Libri