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 two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras's temples in Africa.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Tauroctony of Memphis
Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
Tauroctony of Absalmos
Altars of Dura Europos
Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
Sententia
I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
Il piacere è tutto mio.
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
British Museum: Gallery 1 (G1/od/nr186)
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