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 Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
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.
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo
Altar of Bergamo
Tauroctony of Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
Tauroctony of Aigio
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
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Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
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Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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