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 Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Coin of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I
Tauroctony of Arshawi-Kibar
Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia
Mitra de Cabra
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Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…
AVE , Hello, I'd like to offer you a Platonic interpretation of the Trier Relief. The Sun and Moon …
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
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