Illustration
A statuette of a lion. Faience. Early Iron Age, 1200-900 BCE. From Tel Megiddo, in modern-day Israel. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
About the Author
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, September 03). Faience Lion from Megiddo. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9148/faience-lion-from-megiddo/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Faience Lion from Megiddo." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 03, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9148/faience-lion-from-megiddo/.
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