Prologue:
CERN stands for “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire” (https://home.cern/)
Chapter 1-2:
Great Pyramid of Giza:
ekuaba, wooden ritual fertility doll from Ghana:
Gold Cross, perhaps?
Cycladic idol from the Aegean
Woven boccus from Borneo, only reference I could find:
http://www.tribaltextiles.info/community/viewtopic.php?t=244
Brass Maharishi’s chest? I imagine it as something like this:
Harris Tweed, https://www.originalmontgomery.com/
Illuminati brand
Chapter 4
Saab900s, model year unknown
Callahan Tunnel, Boston Logan International Airport
HSCT, Boeing X33 Prototype
Geneva, New York
nope…Geneva, Switzerland.
Chapter 5
Janus, two-faced roman god, or one of Saturn moons
Chapter 6-8
CERN (https://home.cern/)
Black Peugot Sedan, perhaps…
modern building at CERN, not sure which one is described…
free-fall tube, http://www.transcendingfear.com/adventures.html
ionic vs. doric columns
Chapter 9
examples of ambigrams
Chapter 13:
Brass cruciforms flanking an Einstein poster…
Bohr model
https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/statue-moses-michelangelo-buonarotti-3d-obj/1057441
Books on the shelf:
Chapter 15:
LHC
LHC underground tunnel approximation, 27 km long
Chapter 17:
Scatter Plots example:
Chapter 21:
Cartoon ray gun
No imagery needed from chapters 22-28.
Chapter 29:
Edelweiss flower:
Chapter 30-31:
Vatican City
Vatican Museum
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Michaelangelo’s spiral staircase
Möbius Strip
M. C. Escher:
US Great Seal and Trinacria:
Masonic Lodge:
Chapter 32:
Vatican Seal
Swiss Guard uniform:
Leonardo da Vinci Airport to Vatican City
Chapter 33:
Aerial view of Rome:
Roman Coliseum:
Harvard’s Soldier Field:
Roman Forum:
Vatican City:
St. Peter’s Basilica and piazza:
Chapter 34:
Conclave:
Chapter 35-40:
Chapter 41
Hassassin, assissin symbol
Chapter 42
Michaelangelo’s The Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel
Chapter 46-54:
Modern earth, air, fire, and water references.
Chapter 55:
Symbol of the artist formerly known as Prince:
Rapheal
Pantheon
Pantheon’s Oculus
Chpater 56:
Alfa romeo 155 T.Spark
Chapter 60:
Piazza Della Rotunda
Chapter 61:
Interior of the Pantheon
Example of the halos depicted in Christian Art:
Zeus
Raphael’s tomb:
Chapter 62:
Urbino
Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Monet’s Water Lilies, Michaelangelo David
Chapter 64:
Piazza del Popolo
Porta del Popolo, the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo is on the right.
Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
Chapter 65:
Interior of Santa Maria del Popolo
Alexander Chigi Coat of Arms
Chigi Chapel
Chapter 67:
Chapter 69:
Habakkuk and the Angel, Gianlorenzo Bernini
Chapter 71:
Chapter 73:
St. Peter’s Square
West Ponente
Chapter 84:
Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Bernini
Chapter 88:
Chapter 90:
Trident Fountain and Hotel Bernini in the background.
The Church is nearby but actually not on the Piazza Barberini
Chapter 91:
Church of Santa Maria Della Vittoria
Chapter 100:
Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Bernini
The fountain of the four rivers, Bernini
Chapter 101:
Chapter 102
Piazza Novona, Fountain of the four Rivers and the Church of Saint Agnese in Agony
Chapter 105:
Chapter 106:
Check this site out for more images….
Chapter 114:
Chapter 118:
Main Aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica
Sunken Chapel near the altar, aka “Gold Box”, St. Peter’s tomb
Chapter 124:
Chapter 125:
Isola Tiberina
Thank you.
Dan Brown Visual Companion 