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 underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
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.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Head of Antiochus I of Commenage
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Mithraic vignettes of Besigheim
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Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable, even if Mit…
A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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