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.
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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.
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.
Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
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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.
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.
Sarah E. Bond
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
Mithraic vignettes of Besigheim
Dipinto in red letters from Dura Europos
Tauroctony of Dormagen
Dionysus group marble of London
Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Tauroctony of Sî`
Inscriptions of Eauze
Tauroctony of Târgușor
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Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at Rudchest…
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Just read why they decided to continue to dig under the mithraeum before complaining: http://www.ang…
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