Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning 2,700-year-old sculpture in Iraq, uncovering new details about the ancient Assyrian civilization. The incredible find, a lamassu-a mythical creature with the ...

Lamassu are statues depicting creatures with ... the leader of the French team which unearthed the statue's body, said the 18-tonne sculpture measured 3.8 by 3.9 metres. He said the statue would ...

It is the 12th sculpture to occupy the plinth, in Trafalgar Square. The original Lamassu, a winged bull and protective god, stood at the entrance to the Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700BC.