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 Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
Sententia
I would also heartily recommend the exhibition catalog - it's a fantastic work, combining essays fro…
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus…
I would humbly suggest that #6 on the left might be a representation of Narcissus, having fallen in …
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Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
Visited 2 times. Different stone type also.
some pictures from 1895:
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
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