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.
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
Agencia
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 Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
Altar of Kalkar
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
Relief of Aion-Phanes
Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios
Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag
Altar with inscription from Baetulo
Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida
Sententia
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
Añadido al sitio, aquí: https://www.mithraeum.eu/notitia/the-discourse-on-the-eighth-and-ninth-868…
Libri