An ancient solar symbol

This is my acrylics on canvas painting of a solar symbol used by the dacians and by the people who lived long time before the dacians in the eastern Europe. This solar symbol is more than 6000 years old was a part of the cult of the sun. This is an ancient mandala that can be found on pottery from Cucuteni and other neolithic cultures and in the popular culture in Romania. The spirals around the sun are a symbol of the continuity of life unde the same sun.

The roman mandala in the city of Tomis

The mandala, the sacred geometry representing the circle of the universe and life is often asociated with the oriental cultures but other ancient civilizations have used it tio.The romans have also created mandalas and one of them can be found in the city of Tomis (Constanta, Romania).

This is my painting of the roman mandala in Tomis. You can watch me making the painting in this video.