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
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni
Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
Inscription by Proficentius, Rome
Triptic of Tróia
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Mitra de Cabra
Petrogeny of Bingen
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I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
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