Syrian, 3 Terracotta idols, circa 2nd millinium BC.
5 1/2" high Sold for $3,348.
Egyptian, Bronze Lion-Headed Goddess, Sekhmet circa 7th-6th century BC. 9" high. Sold for $40,450.
Egyptian, Bronze Horus Falcon, circa 664-525 BC. 5 1/8" high. Sold for $75,803.
Egyptian, Bronze Apis Bull. Circa 7th-1st century BC. 2 3/4" long. Sold for $1,315.
The Lord commanded that His people not make, own or woship idol images of other gods.
And yet, they rebelled and disobeyed His commands.
Below are some small idols of gods and godesses that were worshipped by Syrians, Egyptians and even the LORD God's people.
Bull Worship in Ancient Egypt.
Worshiping the Bull was around from at least the 1st dynasty. The strong bull was associated with the Pharoah, who was sometimes referred to as the "stong bull of his mother." As far back as 3,100 BC, Pharoah's were depicted in the form of a bull. There were 3 main bulls worshiped in Egypt.
1. Apis Bull. Pictured to the right.
2. Buchis Bull. Pictured to the left.
3. Mnevis Bull.
These Egyptian Bulls were why Aaron chose to make a bull god (golden calf) for the Hebrews to worship. In Egypt, they were constantly subjected to the worship of Egyptian idols, gods and goddesses.
Exodus 20:2-4 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water (or) under the earth.
Joshua 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
Egyptian Cenotaph depicting a Buchis Bull being worshipped by a man.
One of the jihadists in the video declared, "God has honored us in the Islamist state to remove all of these idols and statues instead of Allah in the past days."
Another militant vows that "whenever we seize a piece of land, we will remove signs of idolatry and spread monotheism." CBN News. Isis Pillages Nimrod, Destroys Historic Treasures. April 13, 2015
Muhammad was raised in the religion of the moon-god Allah. But he went one step further than his fellow pagan arabs. While they believed that Allah, i.e. the Moon-god was the greatest of all gods, and the supreme diety in a pantheon of dieties, Muhammad decided that Allah was not only the greatest god but the only god.
WAR OF THE GODS!
Why did ISIS destroy priceless Iraqi artifacts in the Mosul Museum and blow up the City of Nimrod?
Colossus of the Nile. A statue at the Vatican Museum, a river god. 1st century AD
Laocoon, the priest of the god Apollo, and his two sons are locked in the coils of 2 serpents on the steps of an altar.
The Vatican, home of the Catholic Church in Italy. The Vatican Museum has a large collection of god and godess idols on display.
The god & godess statutes below are on display in The Vatican Museum MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE THESE & SO MANY MORE ON DISPLAY THERE?
Jupiter, Master of the
Roman gods.
The godess Juno,
wife of Jupiter
Vulcan. Blacksmith of
the gods and god of
the underworld
Diana, godess of the
hunt and the moon
Mercury, messenger god. Wings on helmut and sandals
Bacchus. god of wine and partying
Collosus and the Colloseum, yesterday and today
What the Colloseum with all the statutes of the gods and godesses
and Collosus, the sun god Sol, at the entrance may have looked like.
The Colloseum, Temple of the Gods, today.
Much of the Colloseum was ransacked as builders mined its granite to build the Vatican.
The Parthenon in Greece. This temple, dedicated to the godess Athena, where she was worshipped
Statue of the godess Athena, with her serpent Erichthonius. The Parthenon
Temple as it looks today.
The Parthenon Temple, Nashville, is a full scale replica built in 1897. The Athena statue is 41' 10" tall.
The Egyptian Museum, god & godess exhibits. The Pyramids, tombs of Pharoahs and gods & godesses
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