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 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.
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
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.
Mithraic vignettes of Ptuj
Tauroctony of Osterburken
Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
Serapis head from Mérida
Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
Inscription of Aphrodisius
Lion of Les Bolards
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I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
This is shocking.Why would the Vatican uphold Mithraistic beliefs when they were to follow Jesus bel…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
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