The Cult of Mithras was a thriving religion in the Roman Empire. But by the 5th century....it was gone. What do we know about ...

Lifelong pater of Mithras in Anazarbus, holding the civic title Father of the Homeland.

For the satisfaction of their religious feelings, the ancients needed not only the chilly, familiar calm of “classical” sculpture but the irrational excitement of “mysteries”—sacred cults to which ...

Known as “the soldier religion of the Roman Empire”, Mithras-worship paralleled the reverence of Michael as leader of God’s army after the Empire’s adoption of Christianity. Like this patron saint of ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

and my most fond memory of my mom reminding us every year on Christmas that the reason we celebrate the holiday when we do is actually because of ancient Indo-Iranian mythology and the God Mithras. I ...

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All readings may be done in English. Note that the list assumes that you will devote most of your effort to literary sources. If you wish to devote substantial time to art and archaeology as sources ...

Reed isn’t as innocent or ignorant of religion as he first pretends. He begins to rock their world by delivering ... Reed tells the missionaries that Jesus is only a recent duplication of mythical ...

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