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
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
Slab of Sol Invictus
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
Cautopates with a hooked stick of Nida
Inscription by Velox of Aquileia
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Aesculapius of Merida
Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Silvanus of Skikda
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…
Existe-t-il une crypte Mithra à Cahors Lot qui était un centre commercial romain ? Merci
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great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
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