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
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
Tauroctony of Sî`
Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
Aion of Arles
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Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
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The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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