Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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 Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
Altar at Caseggiato di Diana
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Key of Mithraeum III at Nida
Grand camée de France
Tauroctony of Aigio
Head of Minerva from London
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Amazing!!!
This is shocking.Why would the Vatican uphold Mithraistic beliefs when they were to follow Jesus bel…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
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