For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Andreu Abuín
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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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Press clips
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
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
Portable tauroctony of Vienna
Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis
Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Altar of Kalkar
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
Mitra de Cabra
Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
Tauroctony medallion of Egypt
Sententia
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Excellent, count me in!
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Un saludo fraternal a ti, Ricardo.
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
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