Amon
The god Amon, in gold. From the Temple of Amon in Karnak, 18th Dynasty, c. 1460. In the Metropolitan Museum, New York..

Anonymous gods
Altar dedication to anonymous gods, found at Pergamum, Asia Minor. Cf. Acts 17:23..

Aphrodite
Statue of Aphrodite, from Corinth.

Ishtar
Ishtar, the goddess of love, known as Ashtorah in Palestine..

Ashtoreth
Statuettes of pagan deities excavated in Palestine. Many were images of Ashtoreth, goddess worshipped by the Canaanites..

Ashur
This slab found at Ashur, earliest Assyrian capital on the Tigris, shows a worshipper thanking an image of Ashur, the national god, for deliverance from a plague of locusts. One of the insects is depicted..

Bacchus
In the Second Book of the Maccabees the Jews were compelled to go in procession in honour of Bacchus. Here we see the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek. The worship of this god was accompanied by much licentiousness.. An early photograph.

Bes
The god Bes, 30th Dynasty, c. 350 BC. Limestone, in the Louvre, Paris.

Bull
Egyptian sacred bull..

Chrons
Upper part of a statue of the god Chrons. Granite, 18th Dynasty, c. 1350, from the Temple of Chron, Karnak. In the Cairo Museum..

Diana
Image of the Diana of Ephesus..

Dionysus
Statue of Dionysus, from Corinth.

Egypt
Gods of Egypt. (Left) Statue of Taweret, from Karnak. 7th-6th century BC. (Cairo Museum). (Right) Figurine of Bes. (University Museum, Philadelphia)..

Fortuna
Statue of Fortuna, from Corinth.

Horus
Horus Falcon in polished basalt. c 600 BC.

Horus
The god Horus, 30th Dynasty, c. 350 BC. Limestone, in the Louvre, Paris.

Judgement
The Scribe Ani, vindicated in the Day of His Judgement, comes before Osiris.Judgement is by weighing the heart. From the Egyptian Papyrus of Ani, in the British Museum..

Judgement
Last and Most Terrible Ordeal of the Soul of the Scribe Ani. He is taken to Amenti, the Egyptian Hades. From the Egyptian Papyrus of Ani, in the British Museum..

Jupiter
The Jupiter Veraspi, a Roman copy of a Greek original, now in the Vatican..

Nebo
Statue of Nebo, the Assyrio-Babylonian god of letters. (From Nimrud)..

Pheidias
The Zeus of Pheidias, loftiest embodiment of divinity in art.

Sachmet
War goddess Sachmet, 18th Dynasty, c. 1300 BC. Grey granite, at the Louvre, Paris..

Tiamat
Bel-Merodach, the champion of the Gods of heaven, assailing Tiamat, the power of the primeval deep, with thunderbolts.. In the Babylonian account of the Creation, the universe began after the slaying of Tiamat, dragon-goddess of the Deep. Split in two, from one half of her body were formed the heavens, from the other, the earth.

Tree
Female (or youthful) cherubic figures, standing before a sacred tree..

Zeus
Statue of Zeus, from Corinth.

Diana
Diana of the Ephesus, or Artemis.
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Unknown
An altar dedicated `to the unknown gods`.

Cherubim
Babylonian illustration of cherubim (angels) with a sacred tree.
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Cherubim
Babylonian illustration of a cherub (a winged angel).

Carrying
Assyrians carrying gods (as described by Isaiah) from Assyrian excavations.

Dagon
Babylonian illustration of Dagon, the fish-man god also worshipped by the Philistines.

Nebo
The god Nebo, worshipped by Babylonians.

Nimrod
The god Nimrod, which may be related to the hero Nimrod in Genesis.

Lion
A composite animal (lion and man and eagle), reminiscent of Ezekiel`s vision.

Assyrian
Assyrian god Oannes, similar to Dagon.

Assyrian
Assyrian god Asshur.

Assyrian
Assyrian idol found at Khorsabad.

Assyrian
Assyrian god Nisroch - see 2Kings.19.37, Is.37.38.

Babylon
Dagon. From Layard`s Monuments of Nineveh.

Babylon
Babylonian god Nebo - Is.46.1, Jer.48.1). His name is part of the names Nabo-polassar, Nebuchadnezzar etc.

Babylon
Babylonian god Nebo - Is.46.1, Jer.48.1). His name is part of the names Nabo-polassar, Nebuchadnezzar etc.

Babylon
Carrying idols. From the Nineveh marbles.

Egyptian
Egyptian calf god Mnevis or Mne.

Egyptian
Egyptian god Apis, the bull - cf Ex.32.1-4.

Egyptian
Egyptian god Amon.

Egyptian
Egyptian god Thoth with the Balances of the Dead..

Egyptian
Egyptian gods Hor-Hat and Thoth anointing Amunoph III.

Egyptian
Egyptian king anointing the god Khem.

Egyptian
Egyptian offering the Lotus to his god.

Egyptian
Egyptian worshipping a god.

Egyptian
Various Egyptian gods.

Egyptian
King Ptolemy prostrate before Isis.

Egyptian
A group of Egyptian gods.

Greek
Diana of Ephesus. The many appendiges were thought to be breasts, but may be testicles of castrated adherants..

Greek
Diana of Ephesus. The many appendiges were thought to be breasts, but may be testicles of castrated adherants..

Greek
Diana of Ephesus. The many appendiges were thought to be breasts, but may be testicles of castrated adherants..

Greek
Silver medalion of Claudius and Agrippina with figure of Diana of Ephesus.

Palestinian
Palestinian god Ashtoroth.

Palestinian
Palestinian god Dagon carved on a gem.

Palestinian
Palestinian god Dagon as a small terra-cotta figure.

Palestinian
Palestinian god Baal.

Palestinian
Palestinian Teraphim or household gods.

Roman
Statue of Zeus, in gold and ivory, in the inner chamber of the Temple of Zeus. This was one of the 7 wonders of the world..

Roman
Statue of Jupiter, from Capitolinus, Rome.

Roman
Roman statue of Jupiter Olympus. Antiochus Epiphanes dedicated the Jerusalem Temple to him - perhaps alluded to in Dan.11.31, 12.11.

Roman
Coin showing Apollo.

Roman
Coin showing Diana.

Assyrian
Assyrian images of sacred trees.

Babylon
Assyrian composite creatures. Left: Bull with eagles wings and human head. Right: Lion with eagles wing and head. cf the Cherubim & Seraphim, and other creatures in Daniel..

Babylon
Babylonian composite beast - a lion with wings and human head - cf Dan.7.4.

Egyptian
Egyptian composite animals. Left: Man with lions head, with an eagel, and lamb with four wings. Right: Man with wings and snake with lions head and wings..

Egyptian
Egyptian zodiac from Denderah.