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
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
Aion of Orazio Muti
Tauroctony of Jajce
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Altar with inscription of Bingen
Oceaunus of Mérida
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
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Excellent
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
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