This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience.
Find out more on how we use cookies in our privacy policy.

 
Focus
Focus

Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

Andreu Abuín

Notitiae

News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

  •  

    The MITHRA Project

    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.

     
  •  

    The Father of Mithras

    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.

     
  •  

    Mithras in Hispania

    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.

     
  •  

    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

     
More news on Mithras
 

Introductio

 

Press clips

More press clips

Some places to visit

  • Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

    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.

     
  • Mitreo di Felicissimo

    The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

     
  • Mithraeum of Burham

    To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

     
  • Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

 

Théo Grillon

Savez vous si du mobilier a été découvert dans la salle annexe sud ou il ne restait rien ?

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 

Esfand Behr

Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.

 

Antonio Moreno Rosa

The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…

on Mitra de Cabra

 

Dominique PERSOONS

this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …

 
 

Alex Cruz

Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.

on Del mitraísmo a la masonería. Una historia de las ideas

 
 

Robert Fritzius

According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Jorge Gallo

Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...

 
 

Roberto R. Violat

Excelente su artículo que confirma la teoria del profesor Russell, del cual me basé en parte enhtt

on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

 

Jorge Gallo

Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...

 
Share your thoughts

Libri

The New Mithraeum
recommends

More books on Mithras

Do you want to receive news on Mithraic studies in your mailbox?

Subscribe to our newsletter and we will keep you up to date with everything related to Mithras and its cult.
We do not share your email address with anyone. Promised.