Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
Notitiae
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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In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria
Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva from the Caelian Mithraeum
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Petrogenesis statue acquired in Rome
Serapis head of Walbrook
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac
Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
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CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
Can anyone find a picture of this or take one when around? thx
on Small marble relief of primitive Mithras tauroktonos, Museo Capitolino, Rome
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On the basilica of Autun (1148) the journey is reversed: souls ascend to heaven by the Moon and…
Spent the day trying to find a better image of the tauroctony surround on the right in the case..…
Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla…
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