Sun God Collection (#6)

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

Mayan sculpture of a sun-god from Chiyres in Mexico

Sanctuary of the gods Tanit and Baal Hammon in Carthage
Sanctuary of Tanit and Baal Hammon in Carthage

Greenstone seal of Adda, Akkadian, about 2300-2200 BC, from Mesopotamia. Akkadian religious cylinder-seal showing various gods

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

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

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

The Four Seasons, engraved by Philip Galle, c. 1580 (engraving)
XJF448298 The Four Seasons, engraved by Philip Galle, c.1580 (engraving) by Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (1523-1605) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Print showing Sol, or Helios)

The month of April, Inca festival (woodcut)
XJF425632 The month of April, Inca festival (woodcut) by Poma de Ayala, Felipe Huaman (1526-1613); Private Collection; (add.info.: from The New Chronicle and Good Government)

The gods ask the Sun God to get back in his car driving, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1590

Clymene points Phaeton his father, the sun god, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1589

Frieze depicting nine divinities (sandstone)
XIR209520 Frieze depicting nine divinities (sandstone) by Cambodian School, (10th century); 44x136 cm; Musee Guimet, Paris, France; Cambodian, out of copyright

Zephyrus and Flora, print maker: Cornelis van Noorde, 1766

Three men bow to Apollo, Cornelis Claesz. Duysend, Lowijs Elzevier (III), 1640

Rear view of the Fountain of Apollo, 1668-71 (photo)
XIR159305 Rear view of the Fountain of Apollo, 1668-71 (photo) by Tuby, Jean Baptiste I (1635-1700); ChAteau de Versailles, France; (add.info.: Le Bassin du Char d Apollon; ); French, out of copyright

Phaethon drives the solar wagon, Hans Bol, Anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1650

Phaethon asks his father if he could ride in his wagon, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1590

Sol, the sun, and his children, Harmen Jansz Muller, Hieronymus Cock, 1566 - 1570

Caricature depicting Louis XIV as Apollo in his chariot, 1701 (etching)
XOS1123790 Caricature depicting Louis XIV as Apollo in his chariot, 1701 (etching) by Hooghe, Romeyn de (d.1708); 10.2x13.6 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

MEXICO: AZTEC TEMPLE. At Tenochtitlan with, left, altar to raingod, and right, to sungod. Codex Ixtlilxochitl

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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