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 Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
Aion relief of Palazzo Colonna
Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Mercury of Mérida
Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe
Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Rock birth from St Aubin
Sententia
Il piacere è tutto mio.
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
that's where I live.... Sarrebourg
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
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