Reliefs & Wall Hangings
The First Sermon Pakistan. 7th Century AD
Below the preaching Buddha is the Wheel of the Doctrine on a pedestal flanked by deers. There are four audience at Buddhas side.
Kneeling Isis - Temple of Abydos, Egypt. Dynasty XIX, 1371 B.C.
This sculpture shows Isis kneeling and making an offering of the ankh, the symbol of life. The name Isis means \"Seat\" or \"Throne\". She was regarded as the symbolical mother of the King.
Anubis Relief
Anubis, God of the Dead, represented with a head of a jackal or simply as a jackal opened the road to the other world and presided over embalmments.
Archangel Raphael - L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. 1600 A.D.
Raphael means \"God has Healed\".
Lid of the Sarcophagus of Palenque - Temple of Inscriptions - Palenque, 692 A.D.
In the city of Palenque, in a temple on top of a pyramid, the archaeologist Albert Lluillier found in 1952 the access to a funerary crypt that houses the sarcophagus of the King Pacal Votan the Great (615-683AD), The Soviet scientist Alexander Kazantev came out with the theory th
Venus of Laussel - Dordogne, France, 22, 000BC
The original is 17 inches tall and was found in the entrance to a cave that was both a dwelling place and a ceremonial site. She was painted red, the color of life, blood, and rebirth.
Eagle Spirit - Palace of Assurnasirpal II Nimrud, Assyria ca 875-860 B.C.
The palace at Nimrud was decorated with many protective spirits. One figure is depicted as an image in the form of an eagle-headed man. This spirit is shown protecting the palace from evil spirits with a cone described as a purifier, along with a ritual cup.