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.
Notitiae
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.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
Agencia
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
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen
Altar with inscription from Baetulo
Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Altar of Vieu
Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios
Sententia
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
nice image of a parthian king!
on Hatra Temple
One hypothesis is that the mythology of the Roman secret society of Mithras was transformed into an …
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter. “In the light of…
I recently had the opportunity to visit the remains of this mithraeum. It is located in Altafulla, i…
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
Look at that the satisfaction of that man who's showing that discover during the time the sanctuaréo…
Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
Libri