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 Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
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.
Mithraic brooch of Ostia
Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Cautes of Sisak
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
Aesculapius of Merida
Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
Cautes of Mérida
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Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
As far as I can find the CIMRM number of this one is: 1083 and not 606.
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
La construction du viaduc du chemin de fer en 1874 condamnait une grotte appelée 'la grotte aux fé…
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