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.
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
Agencia
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 was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
Mithras on a horse
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Sententia
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Welcome Veronica 💫
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
Libri