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
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente
Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Votive plaque of Stockstadt
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
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Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
Welcome Veronica 💫
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
If you have any questions feel free to personally message me or any other admins/staff. :)
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
some pictures from 1895:
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