Re-interpreting the Mysteries of Mithras
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.
Notitiae
News and articles
from The New Mithraeum
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.
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.
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.
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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A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier
A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra
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.
Agencia
Call for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows specialising in Mithras
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.
Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
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
Los dioses de Egipto y Persia que los romanos honraron en Lucus Augusti
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
Some places to visit
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Mithréum des Bolards
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
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Mithraeum of St. Egyden
The 'Mithraic cave' in the Gradische/Gradišče massif near St. Egidio contained vessels decorated with snakes and the remains of chicken bones and other animals that were consumed during Mithraic ceremonies.
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Mithréum de Mackwiller
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
Mithraic art and artefacts
Tauroctony relief of Sidon
Aion of Skikda
Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis
Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
Sententia
Guest insights
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Dear Csaba , I am fascinated by your slab of Mithras with Cautes wearing a child in front of the bul…
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
Un saludo fraternal a ti, Ricardo.
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