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 dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
Relief of a round platter with food of Ladenburg
Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
Round Tauroctony of Split
Cautes of Sisak
Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni
Altar of Castlesteads
Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
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This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…
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