Iranian religions
2 episodes
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The Cult of Mithras
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cult of Mithras, a mystery religion that flourished in the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD.
27 December 2012
Featuring: Greg Woolf, Almut Hintze, John North
Zoroastrianism
Melvyn Bragg discusses Zoroastrianism, often claimed to be the world's first monotheistic religion, and known to have passed on ideas of the afterlife to Judaism.
11 November 2004
Featuring: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Farrokh Vajifdar, Alan Williams