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The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.
The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
Palæographia Britannica: or, discourses on antiquities that relate to the history of Britain. Number III.
In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.
The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.
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.
Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.
Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD, is a philosopher and author of Prometheus and Atlas, World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, Novel Folklore: The Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat, and Iranian Leviathan: A Monumental History of Mithra's Abode.
Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.
Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.
The ruins of the Mithraeum of Savaria are kept under a new plaza.
The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.
Inscription carved on the pairs of columns on the backs of the five thrones, which stand on the west and east part of the terrace.
During excavations at Boghaz-Koi in 1907 clay tablets were found on which a treaty concluded between Chatti and Mitanni in the 14th century B.
This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.
