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.
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.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Coin of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Tauroctony of Mauls
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Mithraic vessel of Mainz
Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Mithras's feast from Mérida
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Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
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Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería es…
Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨
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