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 Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
Tauroctony on displya at the Getty Museum
Tauroctony of Dardagan
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Tauroctony on display in Virginia
Altar at Caseggiato di Diana
Aion of Vienne
Aion of Bordeaux
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Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
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I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …
Amazing!!!
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
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As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
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