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 Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
Petrogenia of Aquincum
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Tauroctonia de Córdoba
Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
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nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…
Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨
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By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
Dear Joachim: To my knowledge, perhaps not the dative lionis, but the word leo is often found in the…
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