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 Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Relief of Aion-Phanes
Mithras rock-birth of Trier
Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
Rock birth from St Aubin
Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus
Sententia
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
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