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A copper-alloy lion with an inscription in Hurrian, Urkesh. 2100 BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

The Lion Tomb is located in the Qasr al-Bint Nabataean Necropolis of Hegra (now in Saudi Arabia). The façade of the tomb is decorated with a carving of two felines on either side of a rosette. The name of the stonemason who carved the tomb...

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 is known as opus vermiculatum. Formerly...

"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

Copper alloy head of a lion or cub, which may have acted as a guardian at the entrance to the Temple of Ninhursag at Tell Al-Ubaid, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Early Dynastic Period, c. 2500 BCE. The British Museum, London.

Lion statue from the Monumental Gate of Bucaleon Palace. Culture: Byzantine, Period: Early Byzantine, Findspot: Catladikapi, Istanbul, Materials: Marble. (Istanbul Archaeological Museum)

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.

The Lion Gate at Hattusa, Turkey. This was one of the two city gates. The arc is typical for Hittite architecture.

North American Mountain Lion (cougar) - puma concolor couguar - photographed by the National Park Service in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

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).