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 Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
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 Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
Mithras rock-born of Septeuil
Tauroctony of Quirinale
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Aion relief of Palazzo Colonna
Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Sententia
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
hello, what does symbolize this huge spher with a crown over? I believe resurrection of the soul . I…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5 (G52/dc5)
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
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