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
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Tauroctony of Dragus
Cautopates with a hooked stick of Nida
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
Inscription of Secundinus of Lyon
Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
Head of Mithras of Mackwiller
Altar of Kalkar
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
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I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
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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…
I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
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