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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.
PhD Thesis by Vittoria Canciani, coordinated by A. Mastrocinque. Verona, 14th April 2022.
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.
The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
Video report of the Italian TV channel La 7 about Mithraism made in the Mithraeum of the Circo Massimo.
The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.
A set of painted Latin hymns and ritual acclamations survives on the walls of the Mithraeum of S. Prisca, accompanying scenes of leones and the sacred meal.
White marble statue found near the Scala Santa in Rome depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, accompanied by the dog, serpent and scorpion, with the bull’s tail ending in ears of grain.
This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.
This inscription mentions a Pater for the first known time.
