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 of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere
Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras
Altar 2 of Tibiscum by Hermadio
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz
Persian plaque from the palace of Darius
Tauroctony of Capri
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Aion of Orazio Muti
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Excellent, count me in!
that's where I live.... Sarrebourg
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
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