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 most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.
The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.
Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae
Petrogeny of San Clemente
Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
Tauroctony of York
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
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Dear Collegue: May I consult You in order to a potsherd on which the word 'leonis' has beenürn on…
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
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It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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