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
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno
Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors
Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Aion of Villa Albani
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
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Savez vous si du mobilier a été découvert dans la salle annexe sud ou il ne restait rien ?
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
Good information
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
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