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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
from The New Mithraeum

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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

  • Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

     
  • Mitreo de la Tumba del Elefante

    Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

     
  • Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

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

     
  • Mitreo dels Munts

    The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.

     

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Guest insights

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…

 
 

Roberto R. Violat

Excelente su artículo que confirma la teoria del profesor Russell, del cual me basé en parte enhtt

on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

 

The New Mithraeum

Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima…

 
 

Ron Myers

I was wondering if any mithraea have been found in Florence. Thanks.

on Aion of Florence

 

Thomas Smith

I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …

on Tauroctony of Osterburken

 

Alex

I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.

on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

 
 

Sukey Jessup

I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …

on Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

 
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