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 votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
The Mithraeum of Angera (or Wolf's Den as this cave is popularly called) is the only temple devoted to Mithras known to date in Lombardy.
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
Tauroctony on display in Princeton
Mithras on a horse
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere
Second petrogey of Aquincum
Hekataion of Sidon
Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
Votive plaque of Stockstadt
Sententia
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul . I…
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Savez vous si du mobilier a été découvert dans la salle annexe sud ou il ne restait rien ?
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
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