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
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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Press clips
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.
Agencia
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
C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.
The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
Cautes of Sisak
Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
Tauroctony 593
Cautes of Mérida
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Tauroctonia de Walbrook
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
Dipinto in red letters from Dura Europos
Tauroctony of Ruše
Sententia
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
What fascinates me is the bull's mouth next to the flame of Cautes. Many bulls with their heads rais…
A chara, Any chance of an English translation of El Culto de Mitra en Hispania? If all else fails …
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
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