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 I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Aion of Florence
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
Mithras on a horse
Tauroctony of Aquileia
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
Taurcotony of Nesce
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No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
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