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 Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
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.
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Key of Mithraeum III at Nida
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
Stele of Acilius Pisonianus from Milan
Altar with Sol from Ptuj
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https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
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New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
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