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 exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
Aesculapius of Merida
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Cautes of Sisak
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Tauroctony of Dragus
Aion of Mitreo Fagan
Tauroctony of Villa Borghese
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A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
check out what's new on the nymphaeum, guys! you'll get your wings dusted with magic powder to fly a…
The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by …
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