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Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

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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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

    The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.

     
  • Mithräum von Königsbrunn

    The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.

     
  • Mithraeum of Inveresk

    The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.

     
  • Mitreo della domus dei capitelli

    Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

     

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Comments from visitors

Gabriel Simeoni

Excellent

 

Jorge Gallo

check out what's new on the nymphaeum, guys! you'll get your wings dusted with magic powder to fly a…

 

Jorge Gallo

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…

 
 

Anonymous

This is shocking.Why would the Vatican uphold Mithraistic beliefs when they were to follow Jesus bel…

on Tauroctony sculpture in the Sala dei Animali

 

Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

on Temple of Garni

 

The New Mithraeum

Añadido al sitio, aquí: https://www.mithraeum.eu/notitia/the-discourse-on-the-eighth-and-ninth-868…

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…

 
 

Petronius

I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…

on Altar of Kalkar

 

Alex

This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…

on Mitreo di San Clemente

 
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