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.
Notitiae
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 Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Sententia
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
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It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
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