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
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Tauroctony of Santiponce
Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino
Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
Inscription of Septimius Archelaus
Mithras rock-birth of Trier
Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
I'm on it!
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
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