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
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.
Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
Tauroctony of Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo
Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Plaque of Astorga
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Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
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