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Ahura Mazda (c-500). Winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ohrmazd), Lord of Wisdom, supreme god of the Zorastrian (Zarathustrian) religion of Persia. This relief is from the Royal Audience Hall of Darius I (548 BC-486 BC), King of Persia, at Persepolis, (in modern Iran), built c500 BC. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Ahura Mazda (c-500). Winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ohrmazd), Lord of Wisdom, supreme god of the Zorastrian (Zarathustrian) religion of Persia. This relief is from the Royal Audience Hall of Darius I (548 BC-486 BC), King of Persia, at Persepolis, (in modern Iran), built c500 BC. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)