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Aztec Double-Headed Serpent (Detail)
Image by British Museum

Aztec Double-Headed Serpent (Detail)

A detail of the celebrated Aztec double-headed serpent. It is made from wood covered in turquoise mosaic, spondylus (red) and conch (white) shell. The eyes would have been rendered with inlay, probably of iron pyrite. The piece is believed...
Eagle-Headed Apkallus Flanking the Sacred Tree
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Eagle-Headed Apkallus Flanking the Sacred Tree

Alabaster bas-relief of eagle-headed Apkallus flanking the sacred tree. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Room I, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
Double-Headed Red-Figured Kantharos
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Double-Headed Red-Figured Kantharos

The moulded heads of a satyr and of a woman are joined back-to-back on this kantharos (drinking cup). Drinking from it, the (male) symposiast would have found himself confronted with 2 different images that represent opposites of himself...
Eagle-Headed Protective Spirit
Image by Jan van der Crabben

Eagle-Headed Protective Spirit

Detail of the head of an Assyrian protective spirit with the head of an eagle, found in the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu (Nimrud), c. 865-860 BCE. The British Museum, London.
Origin Tales of the Penobscot Nation
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Origin Tales of the Penobscot Nation

The Penobscot are a Native American nation of the modern-day State of Maine, also recognized as a First Nation of Canada. Along with the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Wolastoqiyik, they form the Wabanaki Confederacy. Their origin tales...
Minoan Double Axes
Image by Mark Cartwright

Minoan Double Axes

Gold votive double axes, New Palace period (1600-1450 BCE), Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. The double axe, also known as 'labrys', may be the origin of the labyrinth myth of Knossos.
Aztec Eagle Warrior
Image by Dennis Jarvis

Aztec Eagle Warrior

An almost life-size terracotta Aztec Eagle Warrior, one of the elite warrior groups in the Aztec military. 13-15th century CE, from Tenochtitlan. (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)
Hebe & the Eagle of Jupiter
Image by Arnaud 25

Hebe & the Eagle of Jupiter

Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, by sculptors François Rude and Paul Cabet, 1852-1857. Dijon Museum of Fine Arts.
The Eagle Tower, Caernarfon Castle
Image by James Petts

The Eagle Tower, Caernarfon Castle

The Eagle Tower of Caernarfon Castle, Wales. The castle was built by Edward I of England from 1283 to 1330 CE.
Tahitian Double-Hulled War Canoe
Image by Giulio Ferrario

Tahitian Double-Hulled War Canoe

Tahitian Double-Hulled War Canoe or Pahi by Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847 CE). From an engraving published in 1827 CE.
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