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 the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
The discovery of the Mithraeum of Tarquinia is due to the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Carabinieri, who noticed some clandestine excavations near the Ara della Regina.
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Tauroctony of Fellbach
Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
Tauroctony of Velletri
Tauroctony from Cluj
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios
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Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
Excellent idea ;)
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
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