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 Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
Zodiac signs on the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Dionysus group marble of London
Tauroctony of Monreale
Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum
Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
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Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.
Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería es…
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
Excellent idea ;)
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
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