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 Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
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.
Tauroctony of Velletri
Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Altar of Benifayó
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Cautopates with a hooked stick of Nida
Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
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Polelle offers a fast-paced, sometimes dizzying novel full of intrigue and action. A little too much…
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
Can't wait for more details
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
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