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
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
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.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
Tauroctony of Sî`
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Castor-vase of St Albans
Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
Tauroctony of Quirinale
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Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
I think there is no need of booking in advance. Just come to Frankfurt an feel happy Wolfgang Jane…
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
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