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 Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
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 London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Plaque of Meknès
Aion of Oxyrhynchus
Tauroctony of Palermo
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras
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hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…
Thank you for your insights Hamed. Very inspiring ✨✨✨
Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
great article, you should put it on the main page, Jorge! thanks
Great. It's similar to the Mithraic temple in Maragheh, Iran. According to this photos, the Mithraic…
Merci pour l'information, Zi. En effet, la sculpture jointe faisait partie d'un autre ensemble.
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