The Chicago-based artist and academic Michael Rakowitz says that he hopes his Assyrian lamassu sculpture, which stood on the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar square from 2018 to 2020, could ...

A team of French and Iraqi archaeologists has uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Assyrian lamassu in the ancient city of Dur-Sharrukin, present-day Khorsabad, in northern Iraq. It’s not the ...

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 ...

A remarkably well-preserved 2,700-year-old Assyrian Lamassu, an ancient deity in the shape of a winged bull with a human head, has been unearthed by archaeologists at Khorsabad in northern Iraq ...

The 2,700-year-old lamassu—a protective deity—had been excavated previously, in 1992, but was reburied for its protection. ... Assyrian sculpture with rich history dug up in northern Iraq.

The 2700-year-old alabaster statue depicting the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu was found in northern Iraq on October 24, ... The sculpture weighs 18 tonnes and measures 3.8 by 3.9 metres.

A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster sculpture of the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu, which was found largely intact despite its large dimensions. Only the head was ...

No, it's not Ozzy Osbourne on tour - you are forgiven - it's the celestial being, the Lamassu. A sculpture of this mythical creature dating back to the 8th Century BC was unearthed on Tuesday by ...

The newly re-excavated 2,700-year-old lamassu—a winged bull with a human head—at the site of the ancent city of Dur-Sharrukin in northern Iraq Zaid Al-Obeidi / AFP via Getty Images With the ...

The 2700-year-old alabaster statue depicting the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu was found in northern Iraq on October 24, AFP reports, in almost one piece. The massive sculpture was almost entirely ...