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Re-interpreting
the Mysteries of Mithras

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

Csaba Szabó

Notitiae

News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    Mithras in Africa

    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.

     
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    Adams on Mithras

    Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.

     
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    Mithras in Dacia
    with Csaba Szabó

    Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

     
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    Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype

    Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging…

     
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Some places to visit

  • Mithräum von Schwarzerden

    The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.

     
  • Casa del Mitreo

    The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.

     
  • Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.

     
  • Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

    The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Andreu Abuín

For the Capua Vetere Mithraeum, here’s the booking link https://cultura.gov…

on Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 

Horia VIN

Thank you! ☺️ So nice!

on Mercury of Mérida

 

lorenzo lullo

Hello I am currenty conducting a research about the widespread of Mithraism in Asia Minor and…

on Column of Callimorphus

 

nathalie barki

Hello, I am new here. How can I contact you privately for the images rights?

on Mitreo dels Munts

 

The New Mithraeum

Not sure it’s on diplay but I’d never say no to a trip to Ostia Antica!

on CIMRM 893

 

jacques mortier

comenatnouevo

on a post

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic tauroctony…

on Tauroctony 593

 

Pattie L

Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?

on Inscriptions of Eauze

 
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