Search Results: Twin deities

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor...

The twin temples at Carsulae in Italy stood on the southern side of the city's forum. Today, only the podiums lined with pink stone slabs remain. The access of the temples was by a flight of steps partly reconstructed. While the divinities...

Replicas of the "Twin Sisters," the cannons used by the Texians at the Battle of San Jacinto, 21 April 1836, San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. Photograph by Ernest Mettendorf, 2008.

The remains of the twin temples dedicated to the imperial cult at Glanum, southern France. c. 20 BCE. The corner of the smaller temple has been faithfully reconstructed based on damged original finds.

The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities worshipped throughout the regions of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. These gods informed...

Limestone relief showing a procession of deities. Painted. From the funerary temple at the pyramid complex of Sahure in Abusir, Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, 2496-2483 BCE. On display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Peaceful & Wrathful Deities of the Bardo, ground mineral pigment on cotton, Tibet, 18th century. Rubin Museum of Art, New York

Rock relief in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE) near Hattusa depicting a procession of male deities. They all wear shoes curling up at the toe, and many are armed with either a sickle-shaped sword or a mace...

Mosaic in the House of the Planetarium in Italica (an archaeological site located in modern-day Santiponce, 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) north of Seville in Spain) with busts of the planetary deities who gave their names to the days of the week...

Deities of the Padmakula Mandala; Dunhuang, China; period of Tibetan rule (781–848 CE); pigments on silk; 35 1/4 x 23 5/8 in. (89.6 x 60 cm); Musée des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris; Mission of Paul Pelliot, 1906–1908 CE; EO1131; photograph...