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 Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Hekataion of Sidon
Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
Mithraic relief of Baris
Tauroctony of Sisak
Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
Petrogeny of Sibiu
Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
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Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
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