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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. 336-323 BCE) to commemorate...

This limestone statue of a lion (of a pair) was guarding the main entrance to the 4th temple at Hatra dedicated to the goddess Ishtar. From Hatra, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Parthian period, 1st to 3rd century CE . On display at the Iraq Museum...

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...

"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

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

A panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting a hunting lion, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

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.

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).

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.

A celadon pillow in the form of two lions. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)