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 Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
Inscription of Chyndonax
Second tautoctony of Sî`
Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia
Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
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There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
Excellent, count me in!
Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
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