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 Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
Mercury of Stockstadt
Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
Mosaic of Sette Sfere
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
Aion from Nida
Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
Sententia
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from …
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
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