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 Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
Altar of Poreč
Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum
Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Aion of Orazio Muti
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Aion of Vienne
Altar with Sol from Ptuj
Sententia
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
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