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.
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By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
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.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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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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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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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 Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino
Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Altar by Flavius Lucilianus from Aveia
Inscription of two Gessius from Sentinum
Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
Tauroctony of Euhemerus from Alba Iulia
Tauroctony on display in Princeton
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Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
Many thanks for the information, John. The page has been updated.
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Does anyone know what the outcome of this was? Was a lower layer of paint revealed?
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Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
Is that CIMRM 771 on the cover?
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Everyone crowds around to see which books they have in common. ;-)
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I think it would be helpful to include visiting information... I’m under the impression that some…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
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