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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.

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Notitiae

News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    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.

     
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    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.

     
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    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.

     
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    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.

     
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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Burham

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

     
  • Mithräum von Mundelsheim

    The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.

     
  • Mitreo di Ponza

    The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

     
  • Mithräum I von Güglingen

    Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

     

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Guest insights

Dominique PERSOONS

the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…

 

Pattie Lawler

Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I wo…

on Triptic of Tróia

 
 

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

 

Mithraeum.eu

You are right, Stephen. Thank you for noticing. We have updated the information on this article.

on Submission scene from Barberini

 
 

Alejandro Jiménez

The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…

 
 

John Brant

Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from …

on Mithraeum I of Stockstadt

 

Dominique PERSOONS

No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…

 

Stephen Chappell

You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw

on Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

 
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