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Dancing with the Lion: Becoming
Book Cover of Dancing with the Lion: Becoming, written by Dr. Jeanne Reames.
Artwork by L.C. Chase
Copyright Riptide Publishing, LLC. Reprinted with permission.
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The Lion Tomb, Hegra
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...
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Prehistoric Lion-Man Statuette
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 30,000 years old and the...
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Musicians with a Tame Lion
Gypsum wall panel relief depicting two musicians, playing a harp and a lyre. One is a young man wearing a feather headdress and the other is a woman wearing a fillet of large beads. A tame lion beneath palms and cypresses appears. The whole...
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Delos Lion Sculpture
A lion sculpture in marble from the island of Delos in the Greek Cyclades, 7th century BCE (this is a replica as the originals are now in the museum of Delos). Orignally nine or even as many as 16 lions lined an avenue in the sanctuary complex...
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Mosaic Panel Depicting a Lion Taunted by Cupids
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...
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Faience Lion from Megiddo
A statuette of a lion. Faience. Early Iron Age, 1200-900 BCE. From Tel Megiddo, in modern-day Israel. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
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Dancing with the Lion: Rise
Book Cover of Dancing with the Lion: Rise, written by Dr. Jeanne Reames.
Artwork by L.C. Chase
Copyright Riptide Publishing, LLC. Reprinted with permission.
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North American Mountain Lion
North American Mountain Lion (cougar) - puma concolor couguar - photographed by the National Park Service in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
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Celadon lion Pillow, Goryeo Dynasty
A celadon pillow in the form of two lions. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)