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 floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Tauroctony of Toronto
Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
Inscription of Lucius Sempronius
Petrogeny of Bingen
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Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from …
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods. In the religion of Mit…
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Veronica, I surfed onto your profile and would like to assure you that Mithras welcomes everyone. I …
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