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
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
Tauroctony of Strasbourg
Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
Altar with Minerva and a water god
Altar of Vieu
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
Hoş geldin Dogan. Kendini evinde hisset!
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
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I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
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