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
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
Cautes Borcovicus
Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar
Isis de Mérida
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Stele of Acilius Pisonianus from Milan
Altar of Poreč
Mithras head of Walbrook
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What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
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Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
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