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 Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
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 of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
Tauroctonia de Walbrook
Tauroctony of Dragus
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Aion of Orazio Muti
Altar of Carnuntum by the Jovians and Herculians
Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Aion of Oxyrhynchus
Sententia
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
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It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
On a tour of Caesarea Maritima, I got the opportunity to step inside the Mithraeum. Our tour guide d…
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
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