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
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
Tauroctony of Monreale
Altar of Bergamo
Aion of Hedderneheim
Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Inscription of Chyndonax
Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
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Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
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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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