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
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Tauroctony of Santiponce
Mithras carrying the bull
Tauroctony of Dardagan
Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus of Gimmeldingen
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Column with inscription from Dura Europos
Cautes of Sidon
Mosaic of Cautes and Cautopates in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Inscription of Tarragona
Sententia
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
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