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 della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum
Portable tauroctony of Vienna
Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
Tauroctony of Aigio
Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
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some pictures from 1895:
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Hello, I love this slab. Here, Cautes is carrying a torch with a figure on it, climbing towards the …
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
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