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 Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg
Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
Tauroctony from Albacini
Aion of Hedderneheim
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Torchbearer restored as Paris
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Cautes of Mérida
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You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…
Il piacere è tutto mio.
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
Savez vous si du mobilier a été découvert dans la salle annexe sud ou il ne restait rien ?
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
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