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 at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Cautopates de Bordeaux
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
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Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Welcome Veronica 💫
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
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