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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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
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
Head of Mithras of Mackwiller
Tauroctony of Zadar
Tauroctony of Asciano
Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo
Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
Petrogeny of Bingen
Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
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