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
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Altar from Mérida 'pro salute'
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
Altar at Caseggiato di Diana
Mithraic Sol of Piazza Dante
Sententia
If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read t…
For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…
Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…
I had this stone in front of me yesterday in the Xanten archaeological park and was overwhelmed... u…
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5 (G52/dc5)
Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
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