Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.
Notitiae
News and articles from Mithraeum.eu
Mariemont unveils
(some of) the Mysteries of MithrasThe exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.
Dancing out
the Mysteries of DionysosPeter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of MithrasBetween the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry's intense and complex essay.
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Press clips
Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras
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.
Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
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
Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
Raised by Wolves: Mithraism and Sol Explained
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 gay origins of the Hindi world for friend
The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.
Pitamber Kaushik
Some places to visit
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Mithraeum of Ptuj III
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
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Mithraeum of Cyrene
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
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Mitreo de la Tumba del Elefante
The Mithraeum of the Elephant tomb is located in Roman necropolis. In one of the burials the statue of an elephant was found.
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Mitreo presso Porta Romana
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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Head of Mithras from the Mithraeum of Angers
Altar with Phrygian cap of Trier
Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection
Head of Mithras from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Tauroctony of Memphis
Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
Sententia
Comments from visitors
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro...
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo...
Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected discov...
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group.
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