A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
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A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
Arguments for interpreting the Tomb of the Elephant as a Mithraeum based on architectural archaeology, digital surveying and archaeoastronomy.
We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?
Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
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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.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
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 underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
Triangular sandstone relief with crescent from Nida
Tauroctony relief from Ozd
Seal of King Šauštatar of Mitanni
Petrogeny from Sibiu
Cautopates statue from Intercisa
Altar from Paks
Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos
Fragments of Mithraic reliefs from Poetovio II
Tauroctony relief from Belkıs
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Here, does the bas-relief come from Ptuj, or from Frankfurt-Heddernheim?
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You are most welcome, I’m glad that it was of use. E Do ut Des, I give pro publico bono so that you may give to others…
Thanks. My bad!
Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.
Was working in the 2200s today and found an image of this tauroctony on Flickr…
Amazing article, thank you.
thank you, dominique!!
Of course, the Moon’s axis passes through Cancer (summer solstice, the days shorten)…
There was an actual (charred) pinecone found in the floor at Carrawburgh. Understandably hard to tag…
