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.
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Yolanda's multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive digital and open access representation of sacralised spaces founded and maintained during the Principate in the territory of the Danubian provinces.
We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.
The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
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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
HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.
Juliette Harrisson
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
Cautes with an axe
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
Tauroctony bronze of Szőny
Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag
Triptic of Tróia
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Tauroctony of Palermo
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb.
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days.
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the...
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp...
Love the picture of both guys besides the statue.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
You are right, Stephen. Thank you for noticing. We have updated the information on this article.
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