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.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
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Amazing!!!
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
Hello, I love this slab. Here, Cautes is carrying a torch with a figure on it, climbing towards the …
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