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 Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
Tauroctony of Santa Prisca
Tauroctony of Monreale
Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
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En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
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