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 Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Tauroctony of Golubić
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo
Mithras riding the bull
Mithras with the bow
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon
Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
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Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
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If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
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the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
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