Campos Méndez, Israel

Israel Campos Méndez is a Professor in the Department of Historical Sciences at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's School of Arts and Humanities. Specializing in Ancient History with a focus on the socio-political-religious evolution of Eastern cults in the Roman Empire, he leads the GIR G9-History, Economy and Society research group.

• PhD Thesis: The god Mithras: analysis of the adaptation processes of his cult from ancient Iran to Rome (2005)
• Research Pillars: Mithraism, Roman provincial religion, Persian cultural influence, and classical archaeology
• Advising: Mentored 14 final degree projects and 5 master's theses on Greco-Roman history, religious practices, and heritage topics

His scholarly work explores Mithraic cultic spaces, sensory experiences in Roman religions, and the historiography of Indo-Iranian-Roman religious connections. Publications span from 2010 to 2025, with a notable emphasis on architectural reuse and Persian-Roman cultural syncretism.

Major contributions include studies on Mithraic terminology (2016), Achaemenid dance practices (2017), and systematic reviews of Mithraic cave symbolism (2023). His research bridges art history, linguistics, and archaeological analysis.