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 Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
Cautes Borcovicus
Aion of Bordeaux
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Tauroctony of Macerata
Cautopates de Bordeaux
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There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
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No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
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