EditorialWedjat Eye Amulet, Late Period, Dynasty 26?29, 664?380 B.C., From Egypt, Gold, H. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in); w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in); th. 0.4 cm ( 3/16 in.), The symbolism of this wedjat-eye amulet was one of the most pervasive and powerful in ancient Egypt. Combi...
EditorialHuitzilopochtli (or Uitzilopochtli-" Hummingbird of the South") dressed in his war attire. Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god of war as well as a sun god and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. From " Florentine Codex" Illuminate...
EditorialPortrait mask of the Sun God from the Sun Temple at Palenque, Mexico. The mask was originally placed on the outer wall of the cella, but was later ritually buried under the temple. Stucco, paint (600-900 CE). Height 21 cm. Inv. 10-222284.
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, period of the Assyrian merchant settlements in Cappadocia, 19th-18th BCE Sacrifice of a kid to Shamash the sun-god, identified by the mountain from wich he escapes and the saw-like dagger. Haematite, H: 2,5 cm MNB 1171.
EditorialThe Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm.
EditorialCommemorative stone stele, from Babylon, southern Iraq, 900-800 BCE. From the temple of the god Marduk in Babylon, set up in honour of a private individual called Adad-etir, an official in the temple, known as the " dagger bearer". The stele ...
EditorialMandala of Chandra, God of the Moon, early Malla period, late 14th?early 15th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Distemper on cloth, Overall: 16 x 14 1/4 in. (40.6 x 36.2 cm), Paintings, The center of this mandala depicts the moon god Chandra flanked b...
EditorialPhaeton and Apollo Phaeton vient demander au Soleil dance son Palais, conductor de son Char (title on object) Les peintures de Charles le Brun et d'Eustache Le Sueur qui sont dance (... ) la maison du Pr?sident Lambert (series title), Phaethon begs the...
EditorialSurya, the Sun God, depicts riding a chariot drawn by seven horses, holding two lotus flowers. At his feet, a female figures, goddesses of dawn and dusk, driving away the demons of darkness with bow and arrows. Detail. 9th-10th centuries. Pergamon Muse...
EditorialSurya, the Sun God, depicts riding a chariot drawn by seven horses, holding two lotus flowers. At his feet, a female figures, goddesses of dawn and dusk, driving away the demons of darkness with bow and arrows. Detail. 9th-10th centuries. Pergamon Muse...