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
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
Torchbearer of Porta Portese
Second Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
Altars of Dura Europos
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Aesculapius of Merida
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Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Can't wait for more details
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There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
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