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The winged disk emblem is found in many ancient cultures around the world. The winged sun disk is one of the oldest religious symbols on earth, and invariably a solar symbol. The Assyrian winged disk represents the sun God Shamash; the Egyptian figure, the sun God Re.

An Assyrian winged disk:

Some believe the depiction of the winged disk is based on the appearance of the sun's corona during a solar eclipse, as seen below:

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