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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...

Entrance to Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Rock Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) with a relief of a winged, lion-headed demon.

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

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...

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...

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 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)

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...

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.

Cast in copper alloy, this Hurrian foundation peg dates to circa 2200-2100 BCE. It measures 11.7 cm high x 7.9 cm wide. Artist unknown, from Syria. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).