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 Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
Fragments of a column base from Hamadan
Mercury of Groß-Gerau
Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Felsgeburt des Mithras
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
Second Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
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Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
Polelle offers a fast-paced, sometimes dizzying novel full of intrigue and action. A little too much…
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about th…
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
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