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 Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Second Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Intaglio with Tauroctony from The Met
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Petrogenia of Aquincum
Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
Inscription by Velox of Aquileia
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
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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
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
Thank you for noticing, Ron. The Syrian location mentioned before referred to the original Roman Pro…
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
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