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 Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani
Tauroctony of York
Altar to Semele from Cologne
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Tauroctony of Naples
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
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Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
some pictures from 1895:
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