Relief of the famous Lion Horoscope from the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut. It depicts a lion with stars on his body and a crescent moon on his chest. It has been argued that the scene might represent a kind of horoscope, one of the oldest known in the world. Image digitized from: Carl Humann, Otto Puchstein: Reisen in Kleinasien und Nordsyrien, 1890 CE
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photographer, U. (2020, August 19). Relief of the Lion Horoscope from Mount Nemrut. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12598/relief-of-the-lion-horoscope-from-mount-nemrut/
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photographer, Unknown. "Relief of the Lion Horoscope from Mount Nemrut." World History Encyclopedia, August 19, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12598/relief-of-the-lion-horoscope-from-mount-nemrut/.
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photographer, Unknown. "Relief of the Lion Horoscope from Mount Nemrut." World History Encyclopedia, 19 Aug 2020, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12598/relief-of-the-lion-horoscope-from-mount-nemrut/.
