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Altar at the Tarxien temple complex in Malta. (estimated at ~2800 BC.)
Mycenaean Tholos 'tomb' chamber ceiling decoration at the Orchomenos site in Greece. [1]
Newgrange passage tomb entrance stone (with trispiral and single spiral engravings), Ireland (estimated at ~3500 BC.). See also: [2], More images from that site.
Newgrange "Triple Spirals of Life" [3]
Newgrange [4]
Reask stone, near Kerry, Ireland. [5]
Väskinde cemetery (Sweden) [6]
Martebo stone with runic inscriptions, Gotland, Sweden.
The marble pedestal patterns on the imperial guardian lion (also called a "Fu Lion", "Foo Dog", "Lion of Buddha".) at the Forbidden City, China.
Nüwa and Fu Xi (an ancient painting about Chinese mythology) [7]
Yin and Yang
Nazca Lines monkey, Peru.
Meso-American
Swastika examples
Trojan, Onchan (Isle of Man), and Roman artwork
Roman floor mosaic
Cyprus Roman Mosaic (~50BCE)

Note: 4-pointed star, 6-pointed star and Double square
Baalbeck Jupiter temple in Lebanon [8]
(see previous)
Vatican staircase

Note: the octagon ceiling.
Santa Cantalina cathedral decoration, Peru
Thule Society emblem
Emblem of the Nazi SS Panzer Division "Wiking"
US Naval Construction Force Base. Coronado island, San Diego, California USA. [9]
Swastika.jpg

(see previous)
Drawing by M.C. Escher

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