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 Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Tauroctony of Mauls
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??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
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