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.
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
Agencia
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
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
Tauroctony of Sárkeszi
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
Inscription by Proficentius, Rome
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Sententia
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Il piacere è tutto mio.
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
Libri