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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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#279

Just discovered this very cool ensemble of experimental archaeology from Granada, Spain. Beautiful music and dance from the Hispanic Florentia. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bqgokta_gc

 
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#278

Photos from the rite at the Mithraeum of Sutri carried out by Pietas - Comunita Gentile and Gruppo Storico Romano. [ref:66a65c3e1a756]

 
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#277

Bacchus at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. Welcome back our old good god!

 
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#265

The twelve labors or Hercules 💪 Cool piece of art via ΑΤΕΧΝΟΣ via https://x.com/CastellsOnofre

 
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#260

europeana is getting bigger all the time, and already has got a great collection of mithraic monuments (not as many as the new mithraeum, but some good ones!). Have a look: [ref:668daec3e57f3]

 
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#68

Mithras Dualism. What are the Philosophical Consequences? Summary of Mithraic philosophy on a drawing of an ornate temple. It is possible to draw the organisation of a Mithraeum, and also his philosophical consequences…

 
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#262

We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more…

 
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#153

It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite…

 
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#264

Hello everybody. Does anyone know the opening hours of San Clemente in Rome? I went last week with a friend and it was closed

 
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#263

Salvete fratres, I created a fresh new Discord server. Here is the invitation which is valid until 21 July 2024. If you are interested in joining, read the regulations carefully first. If the link doesn’t work DM on Discord at lupuslux. Valete…

 
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#261

We are delighted to announce that the dates for MithraCon 2025 have been set for the last weekend in April, from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th. Mithracon is an informal research convention for people interested in the study of the god Mithras…

 
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Candelabrum of Caernarfon

The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.

 
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#258

New tag to find all the post-classical monuments on a single page: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=postclassical

 
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#257

A few ‘workarounds’ for saying ‘yes’ in Latin by [ref:6668b01a4713d]

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Marc Rattue

Merchant Navy Captain BA Hons (English)

 
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Votive plaque from Ballıhisar

This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.

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Veronica Barker

Hi, I’m a newly converted Greco-Roman pagan who’s deeply interested in Mithraism. Have no idea if I’m in the right place though!

 
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#256

Disce latinum cotidie

 
Notitia

Re-interpreting the Mysteries of Mithras

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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Brideman of Mithras

Excerpted from Mushroom, Myth and Mithras, this passage elaborates on the Mithraic ritual and the degree of Nymphus.

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