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A colossal basalt lion statue from the Ain Dara Temple near Aleppo, Syria, found in 1955, dating to the 10th-8th century BCE.

A Hittite Lion Tub lying among the ruins of the Great Temple at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The basin was originally 5.5 metres long, and featured crouching lions at all four corners. It probably had a...

Gypsum wall relief depicting a classical Assyrian lion-hunting scene. The striking feature is that the king wears a diadem with a rosette on it, instead of the typical conical headcap of the Assyrian kings. From the...

The Stone Lion of Hamadan, which once had a twin, was part of the old gate of the city of Ecbatana in Persia (modern-day Iran). According to some accounts, the lions were built upon the order of Alexander the Great (r...

This marble statue of a lion came from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Bodrum, in modern-day Turkey. Late Classical Period, circa mid-4th century BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

A statuette of a lion. Faience. Early Iron Age, 1200-900 BCE. From Tel Megiddo, in modern-day Israel. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

This replica of prehistoric statuette depicts a lion-man hybrid. It was made from the ivory of mammoth. This specimen was discovered in a cave near the town of Holenstein-Stadel, Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is...

This panel was part of a mosaic pavement. It depicts a lion taunted and bound by cupids. The mosaicist has used very small tesserae (cubes of stones) to achieve the effect of a painting. This technique...

A bronze statue portraying an ancient Israelite judge Samson fighting with the Lion. Located at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Credits to The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982.

"Yvain rescues the lion", miniature from Garrett MS. No. 125 (ca. 1295 CE) kept at Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library