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 existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
Aion altar of Bordeaux
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Altar of Tihaljina
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace
Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
Mithraic Sol of Piazza Dante
Torchbearer restored as Paris
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Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chan…
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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