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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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News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    The MITHRA Project

    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.

     
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    The Father of Mithras

    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.

     
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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

  • Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

    The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.

     
  • Mithréum de Biesheim-Kunheim

    The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.

     
  • Temple of Garni

    After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.

     
  • Mithräum von Saalburg

    In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.

     

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Guest insights

Mithraeum.eu

Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.

on Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 
 

Kathy Carey

I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Matthew K

If you have any questions feel free to personally message me or any other admins/staff. :)

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

 

Thomas Smith

I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …

on Tauroctony of Osterburken

 

Alex Abbas

I'm on it!

 

Stephen Chappell

I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…

on Mariemont unveils
(some of) the Mysteries of Mithras

 
 

Roberto R. Violat

Excelente su artículo que confirma la teoria del profesor Russell, del cual me basé en parte enhtt

on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

 

Dominique PERSOONS

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

 
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