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
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
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glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers
Excellent idea ;)
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
Il piacere è tutto mio.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
I am a devotee of Mithras Thank you for this interview. I think the author is right when he highligh…
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