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El primer testimonio mitraico

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they did so.

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Massimo Livadiotti

Italian artist inspired by mythology, sacred art, and the classical world.

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The Mithraeum

The mithraeum was the sacred space where the Mithraic brotherhood gathered for ritual, initiation, and communal meals.

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The grades of knowledge

Those initiated into the Mithraic cult were called upon to climb up to seven symbolic rungs of the ladder ultimately leading to the rank of Pater.

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Mithras, the invincible god

Although no written account of Mithras’ myth survives, the monuments of the Roman world preserve fragments of his sacred story.

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Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear

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.

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Tauroctony from Zadar

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Zadar includes a naked Sol in a quadriga.

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Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti

La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

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Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained

HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.

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Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism

Some Iranian archaeologists suggest that the carving was created by a follower of Mithraism as it depicts a simple portrayal of a human with his right hand raised and an object in his hand. But, experts say it needs much more study in order to date the pe

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Mithra, Mihr, and Zarathushtra

How a rock relief in western Iran, carved during the time of the Sasanian Persian Empire (AD 224-651), has been re-imagined over the centuries.

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Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.

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Mithraeum of Cyrene

The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

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Tauroctony from Bologna

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Bologna depicts several scenes of the mithraic myth.

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Germania

Germania preserves some of the densest concentrations of Mithraic evidence in the Roman frontier provinces.

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La Légende de Mithra

This short animation traces one of the interpretations of the Mithras legend based on archaeological research.

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The Crossed Bones and Lady Liberty

The Cilician pirates incorporated significant divine feminine elements, notably Anahita, into their Mithraic practices, profoundly influencing the initiation rites within the Roman Empire.

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