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.
Notitiae
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’.
Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging…
Introductio
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
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.
Agencia
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 Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.
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.
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali
Tauroctony sculpture in the Sala dei Animali
Tauroctony from Sisak
Tauroctony of Gérman
Two figures relief from Via Zanardelli
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Altar of Pisignano
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo
Sententia
For the Capua Vetere Mithraeum, here’s the booking link https://cultura.gov…
Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Hello I am currenty conducting a research about the widespread of Mithraism in Asia Minor and…
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Not sure it’s on diplay but I’d never say no to a trip to Ostia Antica!
on CIMRM 893
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Not CIMRM 1020
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic tauroctony…
Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?
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