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Detail of glazed tiles depicting a lion, from the gates of ancient Babylon (modern-day Iraq). The lion is the symbol of Babylon, and represents Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, love and war. Meant not only to symbolise Babylon, but to...

Pebble mosaic floor from the "House of Dionysos" at Pella (Macedonia, Greece) with a scene of a lion hunt. Last quarter of the 4th century BCE. (Pella, Archaeological Museum). The composition depicts the moment when the two huntsmen, one...

The Lion Gate at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The gate, dated to the 13th century BCE, was flanked by two towers. The head of the lion on the left had already been broken away in antiquity. It has been reconstructed in 2011...

The Lion Gate at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The gate, dated to the 13th century BCE, was flanked by two towers. The head of the lion on the left had already been broken away in antiquity. It has been reconstructed in 2011...

Lion Tombs at Dadan, photograph by the Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. The carved lions are thought to symbolise powerful status or strength, or they could have been carved to protect the tomb’s occupants. Some of the tombs may...

This basalt wall relief depicts a lion-hunting scene. The soldier in front of the lion as well as the horse wear a body armor. The archer standing on the chariot is probably the ruler and is protected by the winged sun-disc above his head...

The famous Lion's Gate in the ruins of Mycenae.

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.

One of a pair of lions which once stood at the gate of the ancient Sumerian city of Eridu (Tell Abu Shahrain) to guard the city's entrance. The lion was carved from black basalt. From Eridu, Southern Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq. Mid-3rd...

The Lion Temple of Jaffa is located in the heart of Jaffa's old quarter in what is now present-day Israel. It dates to c. 1500 BCE – 1200 BCE when the region was occupied by ancient Egypt. It is believed that the Phoenician and Canaanite...