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 Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria
Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali
Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni
Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
Tauroctony relief from Crikvine
Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino
Mithras with the bow
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Excellent idea ;)
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
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