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
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
Hekataion of Sidon
Rock birth from St Aubin
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum
Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
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