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.
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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 site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca
Tauroctony 593
Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
Fresco of lions at Santa Prisca
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Tauroctony of Dormagen
Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
Cautes of Mérida
Sententia
The so-called Elephant Tomb was not a tomb. The data that support its character as a mithraeum deriv…
Añadido al sitio, aquí: https://www.mithraeum.eu/notitia/the-discourse-on-the-eighth-and-ninth-868…
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Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…
Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …
some pictures from 1895:
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