For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
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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.
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.
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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 Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
Serapis head of Walbrook
Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Tauroctony of Monreale
Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana
Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
Sententia
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
Can't wait for more details
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
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