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 Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia
Consecration for Jupiter and Hercules
Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos
Altar with openwork of Inveresk
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Tauroctony of York
Sententia
I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
some pictures from 1895:
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
Il piacere è tutto mio.
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
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