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 Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Tauroctony of Aquileia
Mithraic relief of Baris
Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras
Tauroctony 593
Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
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Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
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