Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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 of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Lion-headed figure of Mérida
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
Tauroctony of Syracuse
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Sententia
Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
Hoşgeldin nebuch :)
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
Polelle offers a fast-paced, sometimes dizzying novel full of intrigue and action. A little too much…
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
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