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 Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
Lion relief from Nemrut Dag
Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum
Altar of Meknès
Zodiac stucco of Ponza
Tauroctony of Naples
Mithraic vignettes of Besigheim
Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
Tauroctony from Albacini
Column with inscription from Dura Europos
Sententia
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
Un saludo fraternal a ti, Ricardo.
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chan…
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
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