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 of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
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 on a horse
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Inscription of Secundinus of Lyon
Aion of Hedderneheim
Tauroctony of Villa Borghese
Altar with inscription of Bingen
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram
Sententia
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
Excellent
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
AVE , Hello, I'd like to offer you a Platonic interpretation of the Trier Relief. The Sun and Moon …
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
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