HEBREW IDOLATRY.
LEVITES PLACE THE ARK.
EGYPTIAN BULL-GOD APIS.
MITHRAISM: SACRIFICE.
Cambyses Kills The Apis, The Sacred Bull Of The Egyptians.
ROMAN RELIEF: MITHRA.
SAMUEL MAKING SACRIFICE.
Apis, Sacred Bull, Egypt, Albumen Print, circa 1890
Bringing sacrifices to the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow.
EGYPT: BULL-GOD APIS.
ARK OF COVENANT.
The Sacrifice of Abraham.
SACRIFICE OF NOAH
HINDU SACRIFICE, 1837.
ROME: MITHRAS AND BULL.
RAPHAEL: EZEKIEL'S VISION.
TRIBES OF ISRAEL, 721 B.C.
Illustration of ram sacrifice
MAIUS BEATUS, c950 A.D.
MEN OF JABESH, 1250.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE 600 B.C.
MITHRAS KILLING BULL, 240 A.D.
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC.
NORSE GOD TYR
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC.
SYNAGOGUE, 6th CENTURY.
CAIN AND ABEL.
HERMES STEALING OXEN.
Wall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans
ABRAHAM ENTERING CANAAN.
HINDUISM: NANDI.
BABYLON: ENAMEL BRICK BULL.
OLD TESTAMENT: LABAN.
PHARAOH'S DREAM.
PLAGUE OF MURRAIN.
Indian goddess in gold jewelry sitting in a lotus pose on an ornamental background
AFRICA: WATUTSI HERDERS.
SHIVA/PARVATI AND CHILDREN
ANCIENT EGYPT: ALTAR.
CHRISTIANITY: AGNUS DEI.
Phrixus and Nephele rescued by a flying, or swimming, ram.
PLAGUE OF FLIES.
Altar of burnt offering.
Jewish priests making a burnt offering.
AFRICA: KHOIKHOI
THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC.
TIEPOLO: SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
Double oxen burial with cart, Germany.
SACRIFICE BY CANAANITES.
DETAIL OF ABRAHAM.
MOSES & BURNING BUSH.
God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II
DAVID CARRYING HARP.
FONTEBASSO: SACRIFICE.
Granite ram of Amun with King Taharqa.
RAPE OF EUROPE.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE.
MITHRAS KILLING THE BULL.
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
JERUSALEM: COURTYARD.
BALAAM'S ASS.
JACOB GOETH INTO EGYPT.
JACOB & RACHEL.
SON OF JACOB.
5th DAY OF CREATION.
The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull
Income Tax: John Bull scratches his head at William Pitt's (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax
American Civil War, 1862 The Battle of Bull Run
JOSEPH.
JOSHUA & AMORITES.
SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM
Rama or Ram.
Adoration of the Shepherds
ST. LUKE
DAVID LEAVES FLOCK.
MARCUS AURELIUS
THE SACRIFICE OF A HORSE,
MOSES & THE BURNING BUSH.
A bull for sacrifice.
MOSES BLESSING JOSHUA.
PLAGUE OF FROGS.
JACOB TENDING FLOCK.
AFRICA: KHOIKHOI.
PHAROAH'S DREAM.
MYTHOLOGY: PAN.
VERSAILLES: PEDIMENT, 1679.
MYTHOLOGY: HERCULES.
Mitreo (Tempio di Mitra) in Rome
NC: FREED SLAVES, 1863.
CRUIKSHANK: CREATION.
HEXATEUCH, 11th CENTURY.
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: JASON.
ABRAHAM SACRIFICING ISAAC.
SAMSON FIGHTING A LION.
WALLS OF JERICHO FALLING.
JERUSALEM: PILGRIMS.
ARES/MARS.
AUGUSTUS (63 B.C.-14 A.D.).
MANDAN BULL DANCE, 1832.
NOAH OFFERS A SACRIFICE.
ABRAHAM.
SAMUEL EXHORTS ISRAELITES.
SHIVA AND PARVATI.
DAKOTA DANCE SHIELD.
QUETZALCOATL.
Zulu Kraal
SUMER: CYLINDER SEAL.
GALLO-ROMAN RELIEF: BULL.
DEATH OF ELEAZAR.
Gamo Tribalists moving to pasture at dawn
THE COWPOX TRAGEDY, 1812.
ASSYRIAN UNICORN.
SHORT-HORN BULL, c1856.
RAPE OF EUROPA.
FREDERICK BULL (d. 1784).
NOAH.
VERNET: TAMAR & JUDAH.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN.
Mandala of Vajrapani, illustration
DOR : CAIN & ABEL.
ORGAN POSITIVE.
GIDEON'S SACRIFICE.
SELEUCID CAVALRY.
JOSHUA IN COMBAT.
NOAH'S ARK, c1800.
JUDAS MACCABEUS.
PUNISHMENT OF ANTIOCHUS.
ABSALOM: DEATH.
SAUL: DEATH.
A Llama sacrifice.
The sacrificed horse is prepared
The Last Judgement of Christ.
MOSAIC, 6TH CENTURY.
An Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart to the war god Huitzilopochtli.
MEXICO: AZTEC CEREMONY.
SYMBOL: BUTCHER.
Biblical varieties of sheep; From Physique sacree, ou Histoire-naturelle de la Bible, 1732-1737, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 1733), a Swiss scholar born at Zurich
BOOK OF KELLS: ST. LUKE.
ST. LUKE WITH HEAD OF AN OX.
SAINT LUKE
EARLY CHRISTIAN MOSAIC.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
NATIVITY, FLEMISH, c1275.
JUDAISM: SHOFAR.
Hindu goddess Durga
Lord Krishna playing flute with holy cow in a forest
NEW JERUSALEM, c1220.
INDIA: MYSORE TREASURE.
Vector illustration
vintage illustration
Zhaojiapu
Cows in a pasture
Scottish Highland Cows
Sitting Bull born
Stone figure of a bull, late fourth millennium B.C.
Shorthorn Bull Ironclad bred by Lord Polworth.
Sichuan Luocheng Ancient Town
Ruijing community
HEAD OF BULL, 1871.
BULL'S CORNISH ENGINE, 1798.
SYMBOL: BULL.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
PAPACY: BULL, 1560.
EGYPT: AMEN-RA
Abraham offering his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God.
Native of Palestine.
'Great Cattle Show'. The Roman Bull that didn't get the prize
ASMODEUS.
MYTHOLOGY: CERBERUS.
MYTHOLOGY: TRITON.
Highbury Place
The Suffolk Punch
The Clydeside Breed
GENESIS.
INDIAN CEREMONIAL BELL.
Manifest Destiny.
Nativity
FOUR HORSEMEN.
APOLLO 13: INSIGNIA, 1970.
MYTHOLOGY: PHAETON.