At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
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By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
In his first book, Fahim Ennouhi sheds light on the cult of Mithras in Roman Africa. A marginal and elitist phenomenon, confined to restricted circles and largely absent from local religious dynamics, yet revealing.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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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.
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Petrogeny from Aquileia
Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
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I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
This him! ^__^ Now we need a better picture of that tauroctony.... ;-)
on CIMRM 893
Sorry Behzad Bolour (correct spelling)
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Thanks for noticing! CC now, omnia recte ;)
on Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains
Excellent!
My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
Not sure it’s on diplay but I’d never say no to a trip to Ostia Antica!
on CIMRM 893
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
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