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 Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Tauroctony of Neuenheim
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo
Tauroctony of Aula Gotica
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
Lion of Carnuntum III
Altars of Dura Europos
Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
Second tautoctony of Sî`
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La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
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