The Faravahar and the Winged Disk: The Symbol That Conquered the World
The Image You've Seen a Thousand Times You've seen it on: Ancient Persian reliefs Egyptian temples Assyrian monuments Modern Iranian flags Jewelry and tattoos Corporate logos The winged disk — a circle with extended wings, often with a human figure — is one of the most widespread symbols in human history. But where did it originate? What does it mean? And how did a Zoroastrian religious symbol spread across the ancient world and into the modern?
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The Image You've Seen a Thousand Times You've seen it on: Ancient Persian reliefs Egyptian temples Assyrian monuments Modern Iranian flags Jewelry and tattoos Corporate logos The winged disk — a circle with extended wings, often with a human figure — is one of the most widespread symbols in human history. But where did it originate? What does it mean? And how did a Zoroastrian religious symbol spread across the ancient world and into the modern?