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
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino
Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae
Altar with Minerva and a water god
Aion of Memphis
Mercury of Groß-Gerau
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The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
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Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
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