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 Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
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.
The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali
Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg
Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo
Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani
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Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from …
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and co…
Excellent idea, Matthew. Count on us!
Fascinating and groundbreaking work on Mithraism! It is still not clear how much the Emesa syncretis…
I think there is no need of booking in advance. Just come to Frankfurt an feel happy Wolfgang Jane…
Hoşgeldin nebuch :)
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
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