Sun God Collection (page 5)

Sculpture prize - "The Hours leading the Horses of the Sun", - by Mr. A
Sculpture prize - " The Hours leading the Horses of the Sun", - by Mr. A. Brown, 1845. Bas relief by a student at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Section B: Isaac, Noah and other figures, from The Triumph of Christ, 1836

Section A: an angel holding a cross at upper left, Adam and Eve below, from The Triumph of Christ, 1836

Cupid and Apollo with a lyre, ca. 1568. ca. 1568. Creator: Paolo Farinati
Cupid and Apollo with a lyre, ca. 1568

BOLIVIA, La Paz Tihuanaku basalt figure. Sun God. Ancient pre-Aymara site

Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities, dated, likely 1379

Apollo and Aurora, 1671. Creator: Gerard de Lairesse
Apollo and Aurora, 1671

Apollo. Creator: Mellin, Charles (1597-1649)
Apollo. Found in the Collection of Collection Motais de Narbonne

Autumn (Venus and Adonis), 1616-1617. Found in the Collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome

Helios, 1st century. Artist: Classical Antiquities
Helios, 1st century. Private Collection

A round medallion plate describing Cybele, 2th century BC. Artist: Anonymous master
A round medallion plate describing Cybele, 2th century BC. Found in the collection of the Musee Guimet, Paris

Relief of the sun god Ra (Burial site of Siptah, KV47), ca 13th-12th cen. BC. Artist: Ancient Egypt
Relief of the sun god Ra (Burial site of Siptah, KV47), ca 13th-12th cen. BC. Found in the collection of the The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Statuette of Amen-Ra, Late New Kingdom c900BC. His crown is topped by two tall feathers and a sun disk, symbolic of his assimilation with the sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra

Depiction of the sun god Surya, 13th century
Depiction of the sun god Surya from Orissa, from the British Museums collection, 13th century

A Babylonian tablet requesting an oracle from the Sun God Shamnon as to whether the Assyrian army led by Nabu-shar-usur will retake the fortress taken by the Manncans

Roman bronze figure of the sun god Helios (Sol), 3rd century. From the British Museums collection

Aztec Jade Pendant of Solar God Tonatuih, 1300-1521

Priest Makes Offering to Mayan Sun God. Chiyres, Mexico. Maya prayer almost invariably accompanies acts of offering and sacrifice. Berlin Museum

MEXICO: AZTEC SACRIFICE. Human sacrifice, after an Aztec Codex

AZTEC RITUAL SACRIFICE. Aztec priests performing the sacrifice of a human heart to the sun: engraving, 19th century

MEXICO: SUN GOD, c1450. Tonatiuh, the sun god. Painting from the Codex Borgia, c1450

AZTEC RITUAL SACRIFICE. Aztec priests removing the heart during a ritual sacrifice to the sun. Drawing from the Codex Florentino, c1540

EGYPT: BOOK OF THE DEAD. The god Ra-Harakhti, center, on an Egyptian papyrus Book of the Dead, c1000 B.C

MEXICO: AZTEC SACRIFICE. Priests cutting out the heart of a youth to sacrifice to the sun. Aztec codex, 16th century

The Colossus of Rhodes, as imagined by 16th century artist Maarten van Heemskerck. The statue of the sun god Helios is said to have stood 33 metres (108 feet) high

Apollo, Mercury, and the Shepherdesses, Fable X in La Motte, Fables Nouvelles, 1719

Mesopotamia. Commemorative stone stela. Babylonian, about 900-800 BC. Iraq. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

WHEEL OF FORTUNE. An astrological representation of the Wheel of Fortune, depicting Mars in the highest position, but with the sun, Venus, and Mercury on the rise. German woodcut, 1490

SUN GOD HELIOS, OR SOL. Representation of the Sun God, Helios or Sol. Woodcut from Gaius Julius Hyginus Poeticon Astronomicon, Venice, Italy, 1482

IPERU: SUN WORSHIP. Peruvians worshipping the sun. Woodcut from the second edition of Girolamo Benzonis Historia del Mondo Nuovo, Venice, Italy, 1572

SUN GOD MITHRAS. Representation of the Persian sun god Mithras as the symbol of light, truth and justice

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Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Trapezoidal doorway leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Incan Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, Peru, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration as given in Montanus and in Ogilby

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Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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Ruins of Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Treasure of Tutankhamun (dc1340 BC): Pectoral jewel of gold, semi-precious stone and faience showing Horus, falcon-headed god crowned with sun disc with ankh, symbol of life, attached to each claw

Apollo 1588 Engraving Sheet 10 3 / 8 x 13 3 / 4 26. 4 34. 9 cm
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Belize, Altun Ha. Altun Ha, ruins of ancient Mayan ceremonial site from the Classic Period (1100 BC to AD 900). Plaza B, Temple of the Masonry Altars (aka Temple of the Sun God), stone mask detail

Illustration of Colossus of Rhodes

INCA SUN WORSHIP. An Inca captain offers a libation to the sun, then drinks the offering himself in the belief that he is an incarnation of the sun god

MEXICO: STONE OF THE SUN. The Aztec Stone of the Sun, discovered in 1790 in Mexico City and first misidentified as a calendar because of names of days inscribed on it

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