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 Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Cautes of Mérida
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
Altar with inscription of Künzing
Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Tauroctony sculpture in the Sala dei Animali
Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
Sententia
This is shocking.Why would the Vatican uphold Mithraistic beliefs when they were to follow Jesus bel…
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
I'm on it!
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
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