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 Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Tauroctony of Velletri
Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo
Mithras-inscription of Speyer
Slab of Sol Invictus
Cautopates de Bordeaux
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras on a horse
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Sententia
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería es…
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
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