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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

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News and articles
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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

  • Hatra Temple

    The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.

     
  • Sabazeo

    The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.

     
  • Mithräum I von Güglingen

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

     
  • Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

    The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

     

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Guest insights

Mithraeum.eu

Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 

Hakan Bekiroğlu

Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu

 
 

Vito Quattrocchi

On a tour of Caesarea Maritima, I got the opportunity to step inside the Mithraeum. Our tour guide d…

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Jorge Gallo

If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…

on Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

 
 

Ilona Lovász

There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…

 

Pattie Lawler

We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)

on Mithréum de Vienne

 

Jorge Gallo

Thumbs up

 
 

Matjaž Grahek

Lovely and mystic place to visit, hidden in the woods, surrounded by rocks.

on Mithraeum of Rožanec

 

Dominique PERSOONS

here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.

 
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