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 I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
The 'Mithraic cave' in the Gradische/Gradišče massif near St. Egidio contained vessels decorated with snakes and the remains of chicken bones and other animals that were consumed during Mithraic ceremonies.
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo
Tauroctony of Sî`
Slab of Sol Invictus
Tauroctony by Raffaello Sanzio
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Isis de Mérida
Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum
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I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…
On a tour of Caesarea Maritima, I got the opportunity to step inside the Mithraeum. Our tour guide d…
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Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…
this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is …
Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
In our description, isn't the word "cloak" in the last sentence a typo for "globe"?
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …
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