For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Andreu Abuín
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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
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
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.
Tauroctony from Albacini
Aion of Villa Albani
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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Can't wait for more details
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
I'm on it!
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
some pictures from 1895:
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