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 Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
Bronze plaque of Sisak
Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
Tauroctony of Zadar
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Sententia
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Añadido al sitio, aquí: https://www.mithraeum.eu/notitia/the-discourse-on-the-eighth-and-ninth-868…
Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
beautiful engaving and gemstone
Beautiful and unexpected piece, Pattie. Thanks for sharing. Do you have any more information about i…
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??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
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