Sujet

Mosaic, El Jem Museum, El Djem, Tunisia, 2009. Creator: Amanda Waite.

Légende

Mosaic, El Jem Museum, El Djem, Tunisia, 2009. Roman mosaic depicting swastikas. (Detail). The left-facing sauwastika was and continues to be used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It also appears in Roman Mithraic iconography.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM25A42_042

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9,0Mo (530,6Ko) / 13,0cm x 17,3cm / 1536 x 2048 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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