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 Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.
The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.
Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Venus pudica of Mérida
Altar with Phrygian cap from Altbachtal
Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace
Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
Inscription of Tarragona
Gemme with Mithras killing the bull
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Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned. Since I wrote this lit…
Thank you Wolf. In the end I emailed the museum and they confirmed that no advance booking was neede…
here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.
I’d be grateful for some advice as I’m hoping to visit the exhibition in Frankfurt. Has anyone e…
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
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