The sacred phallus in ancient and contemporary religion, from the Shiva linga and the cult of Priapus to Roman phallic symbolism, the curious but suggestive case of the Mithras cult at Tiddis and the ...
Although the Persian version of the origins of Mithraism (particularly due to the early works of Franz Cumont and his cosmological speculations) and the portrayal of Mithras’s bull-slaying scene as ...
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Excavations to the east of the Roman fort of Inveresk in 2010 partly uncovered remains of a Mithraeum – the first from Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain. A large ...
Relief in sandstone (H. 2.60 Br. 2.20), which stood on the base of the cult-niche and was attached to the back-wall by means of iron clips. The badly damaged relief rests upon a cornice, consisting of ...
Richard Gordon explores how Mithraic ritual reinforced hierarchy, patronage and the social structures of Roman imperial power. This article analyses, within the relationship between religion and power ...
Terracotta figurine from the Hoghmik sanctuary complex, identified by Hayk Hakobyan as Mihr-Mithra and dated to the 1st–3rd centuries AD.
Basalt altar from Dvin, dated to the 2nd century AD and interpreted as dedicated to Mithra on the basis of the symbols carved on its four sides.
Jaime Alvar has set the standard with his trilogy on the cults of Mithras, Isis, Magna Mater and Atis in Hispania. His work is now essential for understanding this phenomenon in the Iberian Peninsula ...
Csaba Szabó is a historian specializing in ancient history and religious studies, focusing on the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire. Born in Szatmárnémeti, Romania, he studied history and ...
A Mithraeum II found at Stockstadt in 1909–1913. It is situated in a slope near the river Main at a distance of 20 mtrs from the rail-road Stockstadt–Aschaffenburg "kurz bevor diese auf steinerner ...
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