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
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
Tauroctony of Split
Mitra de Cabra
Tauroctony of Pisa
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tauroctony of Neuenheim
Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
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This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente Ch…
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
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