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 the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
Tauroctony of Strasbourg
Mithras riding a horse from Neuenheim
Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection
Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
Ceremonial sword of Riegel
Lion relief from Nemrut Dag
Tauroctony of Golubić
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Glad to hear, Joel. Feel free to send some pics!
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
British Museum: Gallery 1 (G1/od/nr186)
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
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Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
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