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 Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
The Mithraeum of Angera (or Wolf's Den as this cave is popularly called) is the only temple devoted to Mithras known to date in Lombardy.
Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
Mithras rock-born of Septeuil
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Tauroctony of Neuenheim
Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
Mithraic vignettes of Ptuj
Cult vessel with snake representations of St. Egyden
Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Aion of York
Sententia
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
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Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
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