Originally published in Antaios, this interview explores a contemporary form of Mithraism combining solar worship, ...

On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.

The first documented mentions of the Mithraic cult in Europe, with allusions to Eastern-named gods, profuse and unmistakable iconography, and dark, subterranean temples, appear from the end of the 1st ...

Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (c. 86 - 31 BC), meaning Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of Greeks, was king of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of ...

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A contemporary thriller in which a mysterious Mithraic disc leads to murder, conspiracy and religious intrigue across France and England. In 1987 Uganda, Australian trader Billy Sinclair witnesses ...

The Phallus: Sacred Symbol of Male Creative Power Alain Daniélou explores phallic symbolism across religious traditions, from prehistory to India, Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, taking the lingam ...

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 ...

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point.

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 ...

C(ai) Valeri Aviti / Augus / tobri / ga. (Property) of Gaius Valerius Avitus, (from) Augustobriga.

Several marble fragments discovered at Garni have been interpreted by Armenia’s Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Historical-Cultural Museum-Reserves as remains of a sculptural ...