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 Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
Plaque of Meknès
Tauroctony of Split
Tauroctony of Dormagen
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Mithras head of Walbrook
Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
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