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His image was first found in the inscription on a comb's body, as a winged solar panel. The period of the comb is about 3000 BC. Such winged solar panels were later found in the funeral picture of
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like wings. Whether this is coincidental or some symbolic resemblance was intended is unknown. A five-pointed star is inscribed within the circle.
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9th century BC; British Museum room B, panel 23). This iconography later gave rise to the Faravahar symbol of Zoroastrianism.
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Carchemish entre Anatolie et Syrie à travers l'image du disque solaire ailé (ca. 1800-717 av. J.-C.)
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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings...
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Opificius, Die geflügelte Sonne, Himmels- und Regendarstellungen im Alten Vorderasien
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Stele to Assurnasiripal II at Nimrud (9th century BC), detail showing the winged sun.
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Variations of the symbol are used as a trademark logo on vehicles produced by the
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Since WW2, military aircraft of the United States have carried the insignia of a
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Relief Depicting Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men Supporting a Winged Sun Disk
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A winged sun is used in the heraldry of the North America Trade Directory.
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The winged sun on the ceiling to the entrance to the temple of Ramses III
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Les cachets ouest-sémitiques à travers l'image du disque solaire ailé
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From around the 8th century BC, the winged solar disk appears on
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He resisted the intense heat of Egyptian sun with his two wings.
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The winged sun is conventionally depicted as the knob of the
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In early Egyptian religion, the symbol Behdety represented
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of the fifth dynasty. Behdety is seen as the protector of
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The winged sun symbol is also cited by proponents of the
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have also used it. The symbol was used on the cover of
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The winged sun in the Dendera Hathor Temple Complex
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