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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.

Andreu Abuín

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

  • Mithräum von Trier

    The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

     
  • Mithraeum of Heviz

    The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy

     
  • Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

    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.

     
  • Mitreo Barberini

    The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

 

Sukey Jessup

I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …

on Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

 

Matthew Keenan

★Newcomer Questionnaire:★ Only fill in what you are comfortable answering. Where are you fro…

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…

 

Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

on Temple of Garni

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...

 
 

Sukey Jessup

Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…

 

The New Mithraeum

Welcome Veronica 💫

 

Sercan Sarıkaya

Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.

on Mithraeum of Zerzevan

 

Mithraeum.eu

Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.

on Mithräum von Schwarzerden

 
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