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.
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
The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos
Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum
Zodiac stucco of Ponza
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
Tauroctony of Pleven
Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Inscription of Chyndonax
Sententia
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
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