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 I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
Tauroctony of Euhemerus from Alba Iulia
Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony
Mithras head of Walbrook
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Tauroctony of Dragus
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tauroctony from Albacini
Inscription of Chyndonax
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
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If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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