Hieroglyphics Stock Photos and Images
RMMBD6M9–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - Hieroglyphics from the funerary temple of Queen Hapshepsut, near Luxor
RMMC878R–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Egyptian hieroglyphics. From the interior portico of the Temple of Hapshepsut, ancient Thebes.
RMMBD6MH–SYMBOLS - HIEROGLYPHICS - Details of hieroglyphics, or sacred writings on the wall of the funerary temple of Hapshepsut, Thebes
RMMBD6N4–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - Alphabets - hieroglyphics - details of the sacred writing on the wall of the funerary temple of Hapshepsut, Thebes near Luxor
RMMBD6M5–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - Alphabets - hieroglyphics - details of the sacred writing on the wall of the funerary temple of Hapshepsut, Thebes near Luxor
RMMBD6M6–EGYPT - Hieroglyphics - alphabets - The forms of the falcon, bull, and ankh, on a statue socle in the temenos of the Temple of Luxor, Egypt
RMMBD6MM–EGYPT - Hieroglyphics - alphabets - The forms of the falcon, bull, and ankh, on a statue socle in the temenos of the Temple of Luxor, Egypt
RMMC6GWE–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - OBELISKS Egyptian obelisks, with hieroglyphics, as illustrated for Athansius Kircher's Spinx Mystagoga, siva Diatribe Hieroglyphicaa de Mumiis, of 1678
RMMC8799–ALPHABETS - EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS Egyptian hieroglyphics from the ancient Temple of Amun, at Karnak (the ancient Thebes), Luxor, Egypt. Among the symbols is the Ankh.
RMMBD6MT–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - Alphabets - Egyptian hieroglyphics from the ancient Temple of Amun at Karnak (the ancient Thebes) Luxor in Egypt. Among the symbols is the sba star.
RMMBD45J–Egyptian mythology - Hieroglyphics alongside the image of the Hawk, symbol of the rising disk of the Sun, with the cosmic snake. From the Papyrus of Hunefer, from the so-called Book of the Dead. - © / Charles Walker
RMMC6EB4–SYMBOLS - EMBLEMS Renaissance version of supposed Egyptian hieroglyphics, at a time when the Egyptian language could not be read by scholars, used to convey secret meanings. From Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499.
RMMC6EA6–SYMBOLS - EMBLEMS Renaissance version of supposed Egyptian hieroglyphics, at a time when the Egyptian language could not be read by scholars, used to convey secret meanings. From Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499.
RMMC6GHG–ASTROLOGY - HIEROGLYPHICS Two 'hieroglyphics', or aenigmatic plates, published by the English astrologer, William Lilly, circa 1651. The image to the left was taken as a prediction of the Great Plague of 1665. The image to the right was taken as a prediction of the Great Fire, which destroyed much of London in 1666. The link with London is clearly set out in astrological terms, for the twins hovering over the fire represent Gemini - the zodiac sign that rules London. From Richard A. Proctor, Myths and Marvels of Astronomy, 1889.
RMMC6H8P–NOSTRADAMUS - HORAPOLLO Some scholars believe that Michel Nostradamus wrote an interpretation of the Hieroglyphics book, dealing with the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphcs, and attributed to Horapollo. This supposed work has recently been published, with a commentary by Pierre Rollet, Nostradamus Interpretation des Hierogyphes de Horapollo, 1993. Whether or not the text, Livre de Orus Apollo Niliacque de Aegipte (of which a copy is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, in Paris) was really written by Nostradamus, there is no doubt that he would have been deeply interested in the images (purporting to
RMMC6G6M–SYMBOLS - HIEROGLYPHICS 'A hieroglyphic of Britain' - the frontispiece to Dr. John Dee, Arte of Navigation, 1577. The image is more a hieroglyphic of Queen Elizabeth, than of Britain. She sits in state on a boat, alongside which is Europa, being carried on the back of a bull. She is sailing towards the personification of Good Fortune, who stands with her right foot on a pyramid. From John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, 1902 edn.
RMMC6H8W–NOSTRADAMUS - HORAPOLLO Some scholars believe that Michel Nostradamus wrote an interpretation of the Hieroglyphics book, dealing with the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphcs, and attributed to Horapollo. This supposed work has recently been published, with a commentary by Pierre Rollet, Nostradamus Interpretation des Hierogyphes de Horapollo, 1993. Whether or not the text, Livre de Orus Apollo Niliacque de Aegipte (of which a copy is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, in Paris) was really written by Nostradamus, there is no doubt that he would have been deeply interested in the images (purporting to
RMMC6N8R–Egypt Rosetta Stone Exact facsimile of the Rosetta Stone by which Champollion was enabled to learn to read the Egyptian hieroglyphics in the Egyptian Museum San Jose California
RMMC879G–EGYPTIAN MYTH - HIEROGLYPHS Opening to the Hunefer papyrus of the 'Egyptian Book of the Dead' (Budge lithographic edition). The first hieroglyphics depict the 'praying men' and the sba star, in the invocation to the gods.
RMMBD6N3–Alphabets - Rosetta Stone - The basalt slab, carved in parallel-text Greek, Egyptian demotic and hieroglyphic, which permitted Champollion decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Facsimile in the Egyptian Museum, San Jose 1669
![ASTROLOGY - ZODIACS - KIRCHER Kirchers composite eclectic zodiac, based on his view of the Egyptian culture and hieroglyphics. The central circle gives the winged disk, which Kircher interprets as Triform Godhead [Numen], and which he names the Hemphta. The first concentric gives the number of the house (domus), or twelfth part of the circle: the next gives the corresponding name in the Graeco-Roman tradition of the zodiac signs or constellations [thus, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc.]. The next concentrics offer the corresponding ancient god that (in Kircher's opinion) links with the named zo Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MC6G6W/astrology-zodiacs-kircher-kirchers-composite-eclectic-zodiac-based-on-his-view-of-the-egyptian-culture-and-hieroglyphics-the-central-circle-gives-the-winged-disk-which-kircher-interprets-as-triform-godhead-numen-and-which-he-names-the-hemphta-the-first-concentric-gives-the-number-of-the-house-domus-or-twelfth-part-of-the-circle-the-next-gives-the-corresponding-name-in-the-graeco-roman-tradition-of-the-zodiac-signs-or-constellations-thus-aries-taurus-gemini-etc-the-next-concentrics-offer-the-corresponding-ancient-god-that-in-kirchers-opinion-links-with-the-named-zo-MC6G6W.jpg "ASTROLOGY - ZODIACS - KIRCHER Kirchers composite eclectic zodiac, based on his view of the Egyptian culture and hieroglyphics. The central circle gives the winged disk, which Kircher interprets as Triform Godhead [Numen], and which he names the Hemphta. The first concentric gives the number of the house (domus), or twelfth part of the circle: the next gives the corresponding name in the Graeco-Roman tradition of the zodiac signs or constellations [thus, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc.]. The next concentrics offer the corresponding ancient god that (in Kircher's opinion) links with the named zo Stock Photo")
RMMC6G6W–ASTROLOGY - ZODIACS - KIRCHER Kirchers composite eclectic zodiac, based on his view of the Egyptian culture and hieroglyphics. The central circle gives the winged disk, which Kircher interprets as Triform Godhead [Numen], and which he names the Hemphta. The first concentric gives the number of the house (domus), or twelfth part of the circle: the next gives the corresponding name in the Graeco-Roman tradition of the zodiac signs or constellations [thus, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc.]. The next concentrics offer the corresponding ancient god that (in Kircher's opinion) links with the named zo
RMMC6HBF–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - TABLET OF ISIS The so-called 'Tablet of Bembo', or Mensa Isiacae (Tablet of Isis), reproduced in Kircher's Oedipus Aegiptiacus, 1654. The learned Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher reproduced the plate with great care, but was not able to translate the hieroglyphics correctly. It seems to have been made during the Renaissance, by someone with a profound knowledge of Egyptian lore. The tablet is said to have turned up in Rome, after the sacking of that city, in 1527, when it was sold for a fabulous sum to the scholar-collector, Cardinal Bembo. After a long line of known owner
RMMBD7KF–Twenty demon-sigils, from the Solomonic literature. This series have been copied from a seventeenth-century manuscript, in the British Library. Reading from left to right, from the top, the sigils represent the demons: ANDREALPHUS BALAM BERITH IPOS SYSTRY ANDROMALIUS BATHIN AGAROS GOMORY VINE ASODAI BELETH MARBAS SHAX ZEPAR ASTAROTH BELIAL BARBATOS SEERE VAPULA
RMMBD6CG–EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY - The ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth, the mummy of the Pharaoh being an embodiment of Horus. Detail from the Budge lithograph of the 'Egyptian Book of the Dead'
RMMC6HFX–Magic symbols. Painted bas-relief images of the sacred Ankh (The life force), inthe Hathor Temple of Hapshepsut, Luxor .Egypt.
![PACT - DEMONS A pact (certainly fraudulent, and constructed by enemies of the victim) supposedly drawn up by the French priest, Urbain Grandier and seven demons, and used in evidence at his trial at Loudun, in 1634. Written in mirror writing. With the aid of a mirror, it is possible to make out the supposed signatures and (entirely fanciful) sigils of Satanas, Beelzebub, Lucifer [contracted to Lcfr], Elimi, Leviathan and Astaroth. It is subscripted by the alleged amanuensis (scriptor), the demon Baalberith (contracted to Blbrth scrpt), and his sigil. Partly on the evidence of this docum Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MBD7KH/pact-demons-a-pact-certainly-fraudulent-and-constructed-by-enemies-of-the-victim-supposedly-drawn-up-by-the-french-priest-urbain-grandier-and-seven-demons-and-used-in-evidence-at-his-trial-at-loudun-in-1634-written-in-mirror-writing-with-the-aid-of-a-mirror-it-is-possible-to-make-out-the-supposed-signatures-and-entirely-fanciful-sigils-of-satanas-beelzebub-lucifer-contracted-to-lcfr-elimi-leviathan-and-astaroth-it-is-subscripted-by-the-alleged-amanuensis-scriptor-the-demon-baalberith-contracted-to-blbrth-scrpt-and-his-sigil-partly-on-the-evidence-of-this-docum-MBD7KH.jpg "PACT - DEMONS A pact (certainly fraudulent, and constructed by enemies of the victim) supposedly drawn up by the French priest, Urbain Grandier and seven demons, and used in evidence at his trial at Loudun, in 1634. Written in mirror writing. With the aid of a mirror, it is possible to make out the supposed signatures and (entirely fanciful) sigils of Satanas, Beelzebub, Lucifer [contracted to Lcfr], Elimi, Leviathan and Astaroth. It is subscripted by the alleged amanuensis (scriptor), the demon Baalberith (contracted to Blbrth scrpt), and his sigil. Partly on the evidence of this docum Stock Photo")
RMMBD7KH–PACT - DEMONS A pact (certainly fraudulent, and constructed by enemies of the victim) supposedly drawn up by the French priest, Urbain Grandier and seven demons, and used in evidence at his trial at Loudun, in 1634. Written in mirror writing. With the aid of a mirror, it is possible to make out the supposed signatures and (entirely fanciful) sigils of Satanas, Beelzebub, Lucifer [contracted to Lcfr], Elimi, Leviathan and Astaroth. It is subscripted by the alleged amanuensis (scriptor), the demon Baalberith (contracted to Blbrth scrpt), and his sigil. Partly on the evidence of this docum
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