Breathtaking!
الثور المجنح لماسو - نمرود
أثار أشورية من حقبة اشور بانيبال ٨٨٠ قبل الميلاد في متحف المتروبوليتان في نيو يورك
Human-headed winged bull and winged lion (lamassu) in the Metropolitan Museum in New York
From the ninth to the seventh century B.C., the kings of Assyria ruled over a vast empire centered in northern Iraq (Nineveh currently). The great Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 B.C.) undertook a vast building program at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu. Until it became the capital city under Ashurnasirpal, Nimrud had been no more than a provincial town.
breathtaking? I love these but there’s something about them that just make me laugh/smile
