(Facebook/General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage) The winged bull figure is lamassu, a likeness featured in Mesepotamian art between the 7th and 9th centuries, according to Britannica.

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Combining the protective powers of different animals, the Lamassu have bulls’ bodies and ears, eagles’ wings and human faces with fierce broad eyebrows but benevolent smiles.

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 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 ...

Since its first excavation in 1992, the remarkably well-preserved lamassu sculpture has survived multiple attacks on cultural heritage in the region. The excavation was announced by Iraqi ...

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.

The sculpture weighs 18 tonnes and measures 3.8 by 3.9 metres. “Normally, it’s only in Egypt or Cambodia that you find pieces this big,” he said, AFP reports.