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 city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
Mithras-inscription of Speyer
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
Mithraic vignettes of Besigheim
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
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Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
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If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5 (G52/dc5)
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