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 Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
Dipinto in red letters from Dura Europos
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Eros and Psyche
Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Inscription of Aphrodisius
Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
Triptic of Tróia
Sententia
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
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If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
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