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 Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Cautes of Mérida
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Aion of Arles
Altar of Poreč
Tabula ansata from Brigetio
Sententia
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
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Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul . I…
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
Un saludo fraternal a ti, Ricardo.
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