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 name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
The Mithraeum of Angera (or Wolf's Den as this cave is popularly called) is the only temple devoted to Mithras known to date in Lombardy.
C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.
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
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
Key of Mithraeum III at Nida
Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras
Inscription of Aphrodisius
Zodiac signs on the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Torchbearer restored as Paris
Mithras carrying the bull
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
Hello, I love this slab. Here, Cautes is carrying a torch with a figure on it, climbing towards the …
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
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