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 Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum
Triptic of Tróia
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Altar with inscription of Künzing
Tauroctony of Asciano
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras
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Welcome Veronica 💫
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
Hoş geldin Sercan. Kendini evinde hisset!
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
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