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 Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
Statue of a mother goddess with child
Tauroctony of Golubić
Serapis head of Walbrook
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
Cautes of Sidon
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Can't wait for more details
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
I'm on it!
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
Excellent, count me in!
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…
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