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 under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
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.
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
Tauroctony of Plovdiv
Altar of Tihaljina
The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
Altar with Sol from Ptuj
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Column to Nabarze of Protas
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
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hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…
You can learn more about my work on https://t.me/ancient_secrets_khorram
Thank you for sharing it and congratulations for your beautiful and interesting work.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
Excelente artículo Hermano. La Masonería sigue siendo la gran heredera de los antiguos misterios. …
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