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 or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
Aion of York
Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
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Amazing!!!
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected discov…
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
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