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 Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
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.
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Tauroctony of Naples
Altar of Klechovtse
Tauroctony of Syracuse
Bronze plaque of Sisak
Tauroctony of Aquileia
Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo
Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Sententia
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
Il piacere è tutto mio.
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
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