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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

Notitiae

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

  • Mitreo di Vulci

    The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

     
  • Sabazeo

    The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.

     
  • Mithraeum of London

    The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.

     
  • Mithräum I von Güglingen

    Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

     

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Guest insights

Pattie Lawler

Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…

on Triptic of Tróia

 

Nik Shah

Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …

on Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras

 

Jorge Gallo

Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...

 
 

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

 

Mithraeum.eu

You are right, Stephen. Thank you for noticing. We have updated the information on this article.

on Submission scene from Barberini

 

Jorge Gallo

If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…

 

Sercan Sarıkaya

Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.

on Mithraeum of Zerzevan

 

Matthew Keenan

★Welcome to the Anglo-Mithraic Society!★ Salve! We are delighted to have you with us! Whe…

 

Franzo Moss

great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks

 
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