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
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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 Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Mithraic Sol of Piazza Dante
Tauroctony of Alba Iulia with collared dog
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Mithraic vignettes of Ptuj
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Sententia
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
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Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
Welcome Veronica 💫
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
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