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 Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
The discovery of the Mithraeum of Tarquinia is due to the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Carabinieri, who noticed some clandestine excavations near the Ara della Regina.
Mithras riding the bull
Grand camée de France
Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
Tauroctony of Quirinale
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection
Tauroctony of Aigio
Tauroctony of via di Borgo
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Sententia
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
that's where I live.... Sarrebourg
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
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