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 few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.
The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Mithras Tauroctony and other figures from Palæographia Britannica
Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße
Grand camée de France
Coin of Valerian and Sol
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
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As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible …
I am a devotee of Mithras Thank you for this interview. I think the author is right when he highligh…
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
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