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 Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.
Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
Submission scene from Barberini
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Slab of Sol Invictus
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
Relief of Aion on globe
Gemme with Mithras killing the bull
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Excellent idea ;)
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
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