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
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
Aion of Mitreo Fagan
Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
Intaglio with Tauroctony and Lion with bee
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Round Tauroctony of Split
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https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
British Museum: Gallery 1 (G1/od/nr186)
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
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