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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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 at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Inscription of Chyndonax
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Tauroctonia de Córdoba
Ceremonial sword of Riegel
Zodiac stucco of Ponza
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
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hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
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