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
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Serapis head of Walbrook
Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace
Mercury of Mérida
Altar with inscription of Künzing
Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Sententia
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
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I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
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I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
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