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 Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
Castor-vase of St Albans
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros
Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno
Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
Tauroctony in the British Museum
Lion-headed figure of Mérida
Tauroctony 593
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería es…
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
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