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 Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
Altar of Vieu
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
Petrogeny of San Clemente
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Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
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In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
Good information
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