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 Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
Tauroctony of Târgușor
Tauroctony on display in Virginia
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Round Tauroctony of Split
Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Lion-headed figure of Mérida
Mithras Tauroctony and other figures from Palæographia Britannica
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Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected discov…
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
Excellent idea ;)
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5 (G52/dc5)
Un saludo fraternal a ti, Ricardo.
Good information
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
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. …
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
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