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 of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
Ceremonial sword of Riegel
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Mithras rock-birth of Trier
Aion of Oxyrhynchus
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Tauroctony by Raffaello Sanzio
Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
Sententia
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
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Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
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