Sculpture & Statues
Brahma
He is the lord of creation and wisdom. Brahma has four faces and at least four hands. The four faces represent the four vedas, and the four hands represent the four directions.
General - Qin Emperor\'s Terrocatta Soldiers - Qing Dynasty (2
The first emperor of China-Qinshihuang (259-210 BC) was the creator of the first unified, centralized feudal state in Chinese history. He spent thirty-six years constructing his mausoleums, which is surrounded by more than eight thousand life-sized terra-cotta warriors and horses.
Ushabti with Gold (White) Crown
The gold (white) crown symbolized the region of Upper Egypt and was worn by the ruling Pharaoh. After the two kingdoms of Egypt were united, the gold crown and blue crown; symbolic of Lower Egypt were combined into one crown.7.
Horus Mummy - God of the Royal Throne
Horus. represented by the falcon, was considered the preeminent divine being. The hieroglyph which represented the idea of God was a falcon on its perch.
Reclining Anubis
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.
Egyptian Frog Goddess Heket - Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 664-332 B.C.
The Goddess Heket, who was represented in the form of an Egyptian frog or with a frog\"s head, was worshipped especially in the town of Hew-Wer as the female complement of Khnum.
Amun-Ra - Egyptian Museum, Berlin, 1500BC
Amun-Ra, God of Kings and King of Gods. The oldest and longest venerated ruler of ancient Egypt, Amun, meaning \"hidden\" and Ra meaning \"light\" translates to \"hidden light\". The sacred creature of Amun is the ram with curved horns.
Duamatef Canopic Jar
Canopic jars were the vessels for the preservation of the internal organs of the mummy after embalming. They were typically kept in a shrine protected by the gods and goddesses of the underworld.
Pan Statue
A God of shepherds and flocks, he was depicted with a reed pipe, a shepherd\'s crook and being half-man half-goat, with horns, a goat\'s beard and goat legs. He personifies humanity\'s animal nature. He was a popular God, though never part of the official Olympian pantheon.
Greek Sphinx - Delphi Museum, Greece, 460 B.C.
The Greek Sphinx had a woman\"s head, lion\"s body, serpent\"s tail and eagle\"s wings.