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
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Mithraic vase of Lezoux
Altar with Minerva and a water god
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
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The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…
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This is actually in San Giovanni al Timavo, a little way along from Duino itself. If you are in&…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
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