Aztec calendarA polychrome facsimile of the Piedra del Sol (Sun Stone) or Aztec calendar also know as a Tonalpohualli. Date: 1479
Saturn in natural color, photographed by CassiniSaturn. Sixth planet from the Sun. Photograph taken by the Cassini-Huygens
Ancient Egyptian Writing1. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal
Copernicus / Solar SystemThe solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun
Main components of the Solar SystemPanoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun
Book of the Dead Plate 2INVOCATION TO OSIRIS Ani and his wife make offerings; Isis and Nephthys (sisters of Osiris) kneel in adoration to Tat, symbol of Osiris on Solar Mount
Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet. EgyptStatue of the Lion Goddess Sakhmet. Diorite. Reign of Amenophis III. C. 1400-1365 BC. Origin unknown. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. EgyptGoddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom
The Globe KD2G-2 Firefly target drone was powered by a Solar PJ32 8 pulsejet. Men of the Naval Air Technical Training Unit developing drone target aircraft push the drone around on its launcher to
SOLAR PANELS 1929Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929
Comparative OrbitsA diagram of the relative orbit distances of planets in the Solar System and the variable light hitting the Earth during different seasons
Solar System 1860The solar system as known to Victorian astronomers, Neptune is the farthest out - they have yet to learn about Pluto, which will not be located until 1930
The Solar, Mary Arden's House, Stratford-upon-AvonThe Solar, Mary Arden's House, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Four eclipse spectators Date: 1925
Funerary urn with depiction of the solar god Kinich Ahau and the image of the deceased on the cover. Painted ceramic. Maya culture. Late Classic Period (600-900 AD). Mesoamerica. Maya area
BOOK OF THE DEAD/21Ani in the Solar Bark, adoring the Sun-god
BOOK OF THE DEAD/101. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal
BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 71. Ani and his wife, Tutu, playing draughts 2. Their souls above a tomb 3. Sun disk in solar mount 4. Heron identified w Osiris 5. Mummy in a shrine
Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958
The Einstein Tower - Observatory at Potsdam, GermanyThe Einstein Tower - an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by architect Erich Mendelsohn
Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving
Poster advertising the Solar Boats, Egypt, United Arab Republic. Date: circa 1950s
Solar eclipse of 17 April 1912Solar eclipse taking place on the 17 April 1912 the last eclipse of the sun was in 1858. Showing over London which would of got nine-tenths of the sun covered but in Portugal
Two views of the surface of the planet Mercury -- a sun-scorched area and a frosty area. Date: 1950s
Advert, Aluminium Castings Company, Greenock, Scotland. 1905
The Solar Microscope. Date: 18th century
Hot water installation near Quito, Ecuador, South AmericaHot water installation outside a hacienda in the Valle de los Chillos near Quito, Ecuador, South America. The water in the shallow aqueduct is heated by the rays of the sun. Date: 1922
Lune Date: 1683
Orbital Activity Demo
Astronomers Using Astrolabes Date: 1450
Solar eclipse of 1851Men, women and children in the streets of Paris looking through a telescope up at the solar eclipse. Date: 28th July 1851
SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFTA flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy. Date: 1898
ECLIPSE & CRUCIFIXION ECLIPSE & CRUCIFIXIONDenys the Areopagite, during a voyage to Egypt, sees a solar eclipse coinciding with the crucifixion of Jesus, and this encourages him to espouse the Christian faith Date: circa 33
Mouchots solar-powered motor Date: 1927
Solar panels on a house, 1920sSolar panels on a domestic house Date: 1929
United States Air Force - Convair VT-29B O-51-3811United States Air Force Convair VT-29B (msn 239) O-51-3811. Entering service as a standard T-29B, 3811 was converted to NT-29B with extra dorsal and ventral radomes
Convair JC-131B and North American T-28Convair JC-131B O-53-7789, (MSN 241), with a single Solar T41 APU in an underwing pylon-mounted pod, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Convair JC-131B O-53-7789, (MSN 241), with a single Solar T41 APU in an underwing pylon-mounted pod, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division
East Sussex - Herstmonceux - The Observatory Science CentreEast Sussex - Herstmonceux - (now) The Observatory Science Centre. After years of deteriorating conditions at Greenwich, the Royal Observatory moved to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Sekhmet, the lion-headed gEgyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris
Egyptian Art. Karnak. The goddess Bastet. ReliefEgyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting the goddess Bastet. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt
Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and soEgyptian Art. Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and solar disk. Comes from the Temple of Luxor. Luxor Museum. Egypt
Tomb of Amen Khopshef. Goddess Hathor with the prince. VallTomb of Amen Khopshef, son of Ramses III. Polychrome reliefs decorating the walls of the burial chamber. Goddess Hathor with the prince. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Valley of the Queens. Egypt
Winged sun with uraeus and royal cartridges of Ramesses IIIWinged sun with uraeus and royal cartridges of Ramses III. Temple of Ramesses III. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Medinet Habu. West Thebes. Egypt
Kinich Ahau, Mayan sun god. 500-800. Classical period. Maya Solar God. Face of the god with a bird headdress. He rests on the face of the Water God Jajun. Detail of a grotesque head. Maya art
Total solar eclipse in England, 1927Diagram explaining the science behind the solar eclipse due to be witnessed in England on 29 June 1927. This was to be the first total solar eclipse seen in England for 200 years. 1927
Mesopotamia. Commemorative stone stela. Babylonian, about 900-800 BC. Iraq. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
