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
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum
Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Votive plaque of Stockstadt
Altar with openwork of Inveresk
Head of Mithras of Mackwiller
Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
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