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 Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.
Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Altar of Benifayó
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
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On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …
Back in February 2011, I received a report that the Mithraeum at Caesarea had been "torn down." In"…
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
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As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
I’m not sure why the rock birth isn’t on show in the museum. I assume the Victorinus altar is …
Mithra killing the Bull from behind also is the sign of Spring and victory of light over darkness. …
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