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 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.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda
Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Petrogenia of Aquincum
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Cautes from Newcastle
Tauroctony of Fellbach
Dionysus group marble of London
Tauroctony of Bologna
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Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
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