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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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
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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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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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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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The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic sanctuaries so far documented in Bavaria, Germany.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it’s the latest know and used.
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva from the Caelian Mithraeum
Cautes from Les Bolards
Petrogeny from Bingen
Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin
Fragmented tauroctony of Dormagen
Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion
Tauroctony from Aquileia
Altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from Rome
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Deo invicto regi; to God the invincible King. According to some relics, "lying down" means sea or river. Neptune or Oceanus…
Salve Pattie. I suspect they have been merged because there is not much information on them other…
I was just SO excited over this one. XOXO
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About zorastarianism. We’re not a spin-off of it. We have provements shows many parts of avesta…
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Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about them.
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Thank you, Pattie. We have automatically added a number of references that indeed need revision!
Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected…
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
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