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 Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier
Altar with Sol from Ptuj
Mercury of Groß-Gerau
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
Raven from Stockstadt
Second petrogey of Aquincum
Bench mosaics of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Sententia
Excellent idea, Matthew. Count on us!
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
I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
beautiful engaving and gemstone
The modern Masonic lodge is organised around the starry vault, but the officers are still arranged i…
Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
Excelente trazado de arquitectura, agradezco que la hayan compartido.
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