With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the Kushan Empire of southern Afghanistan and northern India during the first millen…
El sentido de la unidad, del arquitecto Nader Ardalan y de la experta en mundo islámico y sufismo Laleh Bakhtiar, es el primer estudio sobre la arquitectura del Islam en el contexto persa. A lo largo de la historia musulmana, Persia ha sido uno de los ce…
Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy.
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart’s first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues…