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 'Mithraic cave' in the Gradische/Gradišče massif near St. Egidio contained vessels decorated with snakes and the remains of chicken bones and other animals that were consumed during Mithraic ceremonies.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Altar to Semele from Cologne
Tauroctony on displya at the Getty Museum
Small Aion from unkown provenence
Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
Tabula ansata from Brigetio
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony
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Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
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glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers
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Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
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