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
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
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.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Head of Minerva from London
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Second petrogey of Aquincum
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Sententia
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
Savez vous si du mobilier a été découvert dans la salle annexe sud ou il ne restait rien ?
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.
Libri