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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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    The Father of Mithras

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    Mithras in Hispania

    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.

     
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    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    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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Some places to visit

  • Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

    One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

     
  • Mithra temple of Marāgheh

    The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

     
  • Mithraeum of Caernarfon

    The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.

     
  • Mithraeum of Zerzevan

    A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.

     

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Comments from visitors

Gabriel Simeoni

Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Hello, I love this slab. Here, Cautes is carrying a torch with a figure on it, climbing towards the …

 
 

Ines

and this is the same as nb. 37 - mithraeum at Reichweiler. Best regards

on Mithräum von Schwarzerden

 
 

Carolyn Radlo

Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…

on Mitreo di Felicissimo

 

Jaime Alvar

New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…

 

The New Mithraeum

Welcome Veronica 💫

 
 

Braulio

Gracias por compartir luz con tu trazado.

on Del mitraísmo a la masonería. Una historia de las ideas

 
 

Zi

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…

 
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