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 Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
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.
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Inscription of Chyndonax
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag
Inscription of Tarragona
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Mercury of Mérida
Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe
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Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
coment elft
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
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