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 Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
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.
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Column to Nabarze of Protas
Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Altar of Tihaljina
Zodiac stucco of Ponza
Inscription of Lucius Sempronius
Tauroctony bronze of Szőny
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I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5 (G52/dc5)
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The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Amazing!!!
beautiful engaving and gemstone
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