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
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 House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.
The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.
The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
Tauroctony of Ruše
Tabula ansata from Brigetio
Cautes with an axe
Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno
Tauroctony of Palermo
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia
Aion of Vienne
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
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