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.
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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 mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Mitra de Cabra
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Slab of Sol Invictus
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
Coin of Valerian and Sol
Cautes of Sisak
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As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
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