We were talking about swastikas in class thanks to Claire's discussion of reading her girl-power Grandmother's diary (yay for swastika club?!).
Some people mentioned how swastikas were a symbol of peace and power. Here's another weird way a swastika came up in another culture.
Some people mentioned how swastikas were a symbol of peace and power. Here's another weird way a swastika came up in another culture.
This is a Roman encaustic (painted with wax) funerary mask. Some Romans down near Alexandria practiced mummification for a period. There are tons of these nice paintings, so one day I was scrolling through and spotted a swastika on the sleeve of the guy on the left.
Creepy? Kind of.
Check out other masks at http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/mport.htm .
