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
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras
Castor-vase of St Albans
Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Tauroctony of Arshawi-Kibar
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In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
I'm on it!
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
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