ancient symbols

<n>Abu'l Hasan</n>'s painting, <n>Jahangir's Dream</n> (c. 1618-22), depicts an embrace between Emperor <n>Jahangir</n> and <n>Shah Abbas I</n>.

The <n>Creative Learning Spiral</n> by <n>Mitchel Resnick</n> of the <n>MIT Lifelong Kindergarten</n> group.

A detail from <n>Saint Lucy</n> (c. 1473) by Italian Renaissance artist <n>Francesco del Cossa</n>.

An infographic from <n>Anam Massage</n> explains the meaning of the <n>Triade</n>, <n>Spiral</n>, and <n>Luna Goddess</n> symbols.

Sunburst detail from the <n>Doorway and Staircase Enclosure</n> (ca. 1765) by <n>Jean-Laurent Legeay</n>.

Pilgrim's Badge with Sun with human face | French | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An <n>Olmec colossal head</n>, a stone sculpture from ancient Mesoamerica.

Illustrations of <n>Gnostic Gems</n> from <n>Charles W. King</n>'s book <n>The Gnostics and Their Remains</n>.

<n>Victor Place</n> and photographer <n>Gabriel Tranchand</n> with a <n>Lamassu</n> during excavations in <n>Khorsabad</n>, Iraq, 1852.

<n>numerical paleontology iii</n>, a pen plot by <n>generative pictures</n>.

<n>Bronze shield device</n> with a <n>winged Gorgon head</n>. From <n>Olympia</n>, Greece, 6th century BC.