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 Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
Aion altar of Bordeaux
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
Plaque of Meknès
Tauroctony of Osterburken
Tauroctony of via di Borgo
Sententia
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
This is shocking.Why would the Vatican uphold Mithraistic beliefs when they were to follow Jesus bel…
If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
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