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 most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Cautopates de Bordeaux
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Altar from Mérida 'pro salute'
Mithras's feast from Mérida
Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni
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Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
Excellent idea ;)
Polelle offers a fast-paced, sometimes dizzying novel full of intrigue and action. A little too much…
I participated in the Combined Caesarea Expeditions for three weeks in 1993. We excavated the hills…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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