Mithras in Hispania
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.
Notitiae
News and articles
from The New Mithraeum
Let's talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis
Yolanda's multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
Mapping Roman sanctuaries in the Danubian provinces
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.
Mithras in India and Iran
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.
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.
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Press clips
Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra
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.
Agencia
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
Some places to visit
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Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
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Mithräum von Saarbrücken
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
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Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
Mithraic art and artifacts
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
Sententia
Comments from visitors
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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